The Holocaust and the Australian Aboriginal response

April 13, 2023 by  
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Biographer Barbara Miller has published a handbook online focusing on Australia’s response to the events leading up to and during the Holocaust. Read more

Reconciliation Week

June 3, 2022 by  
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This week we are celebrating Reconciliation Week. It is a week dedicated to understanding what reconciliation is and what can be done to tackle the unfinished business of reconciling Australians with Aboriginal Australians.   Read more

Uncle Boydie presents William Cooper’s letter

November 14, 2017 by  
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Aboriginal activist William Cooper’s 89-year-old grandson Uncle Boydie has presented a copy of William Cooper’s letter to the German Ambassador to Jewish Communities, Dr Felix Klein  at the Australian Embassy in  Berlin.

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Holocaust anniversary acknowledged by Aboriginal community

January 29, 2015 by  
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The Aboriginal Medical Service in Sydney’s Redfern has acknowledged the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Jews from the Auschwitz death camp. Read more

Grandson of Aboriginal activist may attend Kristallnacht commemoration

August 8, 2013 by  
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The Government of Germany may invite the grandson of William Cooper, Alf Turner (Uncle Boydie) to attend the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht or Night of the Broken Glass later this year. Read more