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Barbara often found herself using the Aussie saying, “the stork dropped me at the wrong house” only to find she was repeating her mother’s words. In this riveting historical memoir exploring race relations and social change, Aboriginal elder Burnum Burnum, told her, “you may be white but you have a black heart, as you understand my people and feel our heart.” He suggested to IDA that she take on the Mapoon Aborigines project and she was pivotal to helping them move back to their land after they had been forced off to make way for mining.
Review
This is a highly engaging and inspiring memoir. At its centre is the story of Mapoon which has all the elements of a great drama with the violent expulsion of the community in 1963 and their triumphant return eleven years later. As the author explains she came almost by chance to be at the very centre of the drama which in turn dramatically changed her life. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in political and social change over the last 50 years.
Professor Henry Reynolds, FAHA FASSA University of Tasmania, eminent historian and award-winning author
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“If I Survive.” This thought haunted Lena. Her loved ones were cruelly forced from her arms in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland and perished in Treblinka Death Camp.
Review
This is a truly beautiful collaboration between the author and her subject, who have together produced an invaluable documentation of a unique, moving, life story set against the backdrop of one of the darkest moments in human history. To read “If I Survive” is to meet a remarkable person and to be touched by her intense humanity in an inhuman world.
Jeremy Jones AM, former President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and Director, Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
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Did the deep north of Australia experience racism, discrimination and segregation? Yes. But it was different from the deep south of the USA. A system similar to South African apartheid existed on Aboriginal reserves like Yarrabah in Queensland till as recently as 1984. This book is unique in that Australian Aborigines themselves tell their story of living under legal discrimination on reserves and discusses their aspirations for self-determination, local government, human rights and land rights with a view to end racism.
Review
It is entirely appropriate that Barbara Miller is the one to write an update on Yarrabah’s efforts at self-determination and land rights, as she does not just stand on the sideline and cheer us on. She often jumps into the fray herself.
No doubt many people who were or still are involved in some degree in the push for Aboriginal social justice and human rights and all that that encompasses, plus interested persons, will be attracted to Barbara Miller’s latest case study. This book gives a succinct report of how things have turned out in the last thirty years.
… Her reporting skills and love for Aboriginal people are recognised by friend and foe alike, with her work being quoted by such bodies as the Human Rights Commission.
Rev Michael Connolly, Former Chairman of Yarrabah Aboriginal Council
Cairns Launch of “If I Survive” at the Pacific Hotel.
That’s Life magazine article on Lena Goldstein and my book “If I Survive”
It has a huge circulation!
Lena Goldstein’s 100th Birthday Celebration Photos
Upcoming ‘If I Survive’ Book Launch Tour
Barbara Miller will be travelling to Melbourne and Sydney at the dates below to launch her latest book ‘If I Survive‘.
Be sure to put the following dates in your diary and make a booking!
If I survive Book Launches
Sydney
- 10 Feb 2.30pm 2019
Sydney Jewish Museum,
148 Darlinghurst Road,
Darlinghurst
Download Flier - 11 Feb 1pm 2019
NSW Parliament House,
Hosted by Rev Hon Fred Nile MLC
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Melbourne
- 14 Feb 7pm 2019
Jewish Holocaust Centre,
13-15 Selwyn Street,
Elsternwick
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J-wire article on Holocaust survivor Lena Goldstein
J-Wire have just featured a story on Holocaust survivor, Lena Goldstein.
Lena is the subject of Barbara Miller’s latest book, “If I Survive” – and recently celebrated her 100th Birthday on 31/1/2019, in Sydney Australia. The article talks about here amazing courage to fight back against the evil Nazi rule and her ability to keep and share a sense of humour during the darkest of days:
“…Following her escape from the ghetto in 1943, Lena was hidden by a Polish caretaker for 18 months. Later, her hiding spot was an underground bunker, cramped together with eight others. Lena set to writing a satirical newsletter for her companions in the bunker, “just to put some humour into the tragic life that we were living in the bunker.” Lena’s outward humour during this time was masking her actual anxieties. Lena’s satirical ‘Bunker Weekly’ and her personal diary entries from this time are now held in the Sydney Jewish Museum’s collection for safekeeping…”
100 year-old Holocaust survivor reflects on the duty to remember
http://www.jwire.com.au/100-year-old-holocaust-survivor-reflects-on-the-duty-to-remember
The If I Survive book will be launched at the Sydney Jewish Museum on Sunday 10 February, 2.30pm
You can make a booking to the free event here:
https://sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au/shop/events/book-launch-if-i-survive/
We look forward to seeing you there!
New Book No 1 Release Amazon
Barbara Miller’s New Book “If I Survive” is scaling the heights on Amazon bookstore!
Barbara Miller pictured here with her new book in draft A4 copy from the printer.
The Kindle version as reached “#1 New Release in Jewish History” & “#1 in Jewish Holocaust History” and more you can see in the gallery below.
New Book If I Survive
FINALLY HERE AND ALSO FREE – Free download for a limited time of this no 1 new release in Jewish History, Jewish Holocaust History and Historical German Biographies. No 3 in Social History – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MQ4DKJH. Love you to review it on Amazon please as it helps people find it.
Lena Goldstein’s Miracle Story of Survival from the Holocaust as told by Barbara Miller from Interviews and from Lena’s Diary.Barbara was a finalist herself in the 2018 Queensland Literary Awards for the Work of State Significance.
“If I Survive.” This thought haunted Lena. Her loved ones were cruelly forced from her arms in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland and perished in Treblinka Death Camp. This is a true story of Holocaust survival. Lena kept thinking, “It’s my turn next.” How did she survive?
This is Barbara’s second book on the Holocaust with the first being the biography of William Cooper in 2012. He was an Aboriginal Australian who, as well as being an activist for his people, led a protest against Kristallnacht, the start of the Holocaust or Shoah in 1938.
This gripping biography of Lena Goldstein is the first in a series called Faces of Eve.
Upcoming events
2019 Book launches –
10 Feb 2.30pm Sydney Jewish Museum
11 Feb 1pm Hon Rev Fred Nile, MLA, NSW Parliament House, Booking required to Judy Russell<judy.russell@iinet.net.au>
14 Feb 7pm Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne
Check out the new video
Check out the new video!
White Woman Black Heart article and review by Open Discussion on Progressive Christianity
The Open Discussion on Progressive Christianity has recently posted an article on the latest White Woman Black Heart book:
This enthralling personal memoir, with its incredibly detailed recollections, extends from the turbulent times of the sixties and seventies to the present which she shares with husband Norman in pastoral ministry. White Woman, Black Heart is also an inspiring testimony to the empowering convergence between her authentic…
Continue reading the article here:
https://ucforum.unitingchurch.org.au/?p=2196
Book Launch Canberra White Woman Black Heart July 31st 2018
31st July 2018
When and where?
Paper Chain Bookshop
34 Franklin St Manuka 6pm 31 July
Links
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/paperchainbookstore/
Website: https://paperchainbookstore.com.au/
Book Launch Melbourne White Woman Black Heart July 24th 2018
24th July 2018
BOOK LAUNCH ABORIGINES ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE
- 2 Watt St Thornbury Melbourne 9.30am Tuesday 24 July 2018
- Entertainment! Refreshments! Lucky door prize! (Bring your business cards)
- Meet author Barbara Miller who also wrote William Cooper’s biography
- White Woman Black Heart: Journey Home to Old Mapoon, A Memoir
This is a highly engaging and inspiring memoir. At its centre is the story of Mapoon which has all the elements of a great drama with the violent expulsion of the community in 1963 and their triumphant return eleven years later. As the author explains she came almost by chance to be at the very centre of the drama which in turn dramatically changed her life. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in political and social change over the last 50 years.
Professor Henry Reynolds, FAHA FASSA University of Tasmania, eminent historian and award-winning author of numerous books.
Barbara Miller has written this book, a continuum to the trilogy of the Mapoon books and towards the modern history of the western Cape York region. It is a testimony to the endurance and resilience of the people of the district and the determination of the people to return to the land of their forefathers.
Ricky Guivarra, former Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Councillor
Jean Jimmy and the plight of the Mapoon people was known to Ps Doug Nicholls and others from the AAL who supported her efforts and on the night of the Mapoon people’s return 19.9.74, they were visited by John Roberts to give the AAL the good news at their meeting that night.
Please RSVP by 23 July for catering.
Download Event PDF:
BOOK LAUNCH Melbourne White Woman Black Heart 24.7.18
Barbara Miller Interviewed on Vision Christian Radio
Please visit the link below to read the article and listen to the radio interview.
TSIMA 4MW Radio Thursday Island Interview
Archive link from April 27th:
Tune into http://indigitube.com.au/ to hear my radio interview with Sylvia Tabua, or listen in to her brekky session…
Posted by Barbara Miller Books on Friday, 27 April 2018
Barbara Miller ABC Radio Interview
Barbara’s interview live with ABC Far North Radio’s Adam Stephen this afternoon in Cairns. The interview was about her memoir White Woman Black Heart.
Posted by Barbara Miller Books on Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Barbara’s interview live with ABC Far North Radio’s Adam Stephen this afternoon in Cairns. The interview was about her memoir White Woman Black Heart.
Book Signing at Avid Reader Bookshop
18th June 2018
Monday 18 June 2018
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
In store at Avid Reader Bookshop
Register until 18 June 2018 6:00 PM
This event commences at 6.30pm. Printed tickets are not issued and your booking will be on a door list under your surname.
Barbara Miller – White Woman Black Heart
Bob Weatherall introduces Barbara Miller’s memoir White Woman Black Heart: Journey Home to Old Mapoon.
Barbara often found herself saying, “the stork dropped me at the wrong house’ only to find she was repeating her mother’s words. In this riveting memoir exploring race relations and social change, Aboriginal elder Burnum Burnum, told her, “you may be white but you have a black heart, as you understand my people and feel our heart.’ He suggested to International Development Action that she take on the Mapoon project and played matchmaker by introducing her to Aboriginal teacher and Australian civil rights movement leader Mick Miller.
The Mapoon Aborigines were forcibly moved off their land by the Queensland government in NE Australia in 1963 to make way for mining. With an effective team behind her, Barbara helped them move back in 1974 to much government opposition which saw her under house arrest with Marjorie Wymarra. It also saw Jerry Hudson and Barbara taken to court.
In helping the Mapoon people return to their homeland, she found her home as part of an Aboriginal family, firstly Mick’s and later Norman’s as she remarried many years later, now being with her soulmate Norman about 30 years. It is a must read for those interested in ethnic studies and political science as an isolated outback community whose houses, school, health clinic, store and church were burnt to the ground rose from the ashes and rebuilt despite all the odds. It is a testimony to the Mapoon people’s strength.
Barbara’s husband Norman will be performing a song he wrote called ‘Reconciliation’.
From her background in a poor working class white family in urban Australia, Barbara, with Aboriginal husband Norman, who is also a pastor, travel the world. They have a calling to heal groups from the wounds of history through the Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace they co-founded in 1998. This work has taken them to Israel, Jordan, Turkey, England, Zimbabwe, Canada, USA, PNG, Vanuatu and many other places.
Barbara has worked at the coalface of Aboriginal affairs in Australia from her involvement in the Aboriginal Tent Embassy demonstrations in Canberra in 1972 to helping the Mapoon people move back to their land in 1974, to co-founding the North Queensland Land Council with former husband Mick Miller in 1977 to being CEO of the Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council (ACC) in the 1990’s and much more. The ACC was the only statutory advisory body to the Queensland government on Aboriginal affairs at the time and represented local government Aboriginal councils who had a land base.
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Lunchtime Lecture at Sydney Jewish Museum
18th July 2018
Lunchtime Lecture:
Talk by Barbara Miller, author of ‘White Woman Black Heart: Journey Home to Old Mapoon, A Memoir’
Wednesday 18 July
1.15pm
FREE
Barbara Miller is an intriguing combination of social justice campaigner and researcher with sociological training. As a psychologist, she has helped many people break free of mindsets that have prevented them reaching their full potential.
Book Launch at NSW Parliament House
23rd July 2018
CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW
Monday 23 July at 12 Noon
Macquarie Room NSW Parliament House
Macquarie Street Sydney
GUEST SPEAKER: THE HON PAUL GREEN MLC
‘Modern Slavery Bill 2018’
Purpose of the Bill: To make provision with respect to slavery, slavery-like practices and human trafficking and to provide for the appointment and functions of an Anti-Slavery Commissioner and for other purposes.
And Book Launch/Signing with BARBARA MILLER and her book ‘White Woman Black Heart:
Journey Home To Old Mapoon, A Memoir’
This is a highly engaging and inspiring memoir. At its centre is the story of Mapoon which has all the elements of a great drama with the violent expulsion of the community in 1963 and their triumphant return eleven years later. As the author explains she came almost by chance to be at the very centre of the drama which in turn dramatically changed her life. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in political and social change over the last 50 years.
$15 per person. RSVP to Judy 0410 403 616 or judyrussell.private@gmail.com by 18/7/18
Photos from the opening of the William Cooper Footbridge
Please see some photographs below taken by David Jack on the opening of the William Cooper Footbridge.
