Dreaming of Freedom – Honouring William Cooper in the SYDNEY Hall He Made History

 

 

Melbourne and Sydney

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On January 26, 1938, William Cooper walked up the steps of 150 Elizabeth Street in Sydney. At 77 years of age, he was about to begin a meeting that would begin a nation-wide indigenous justice movement. Almost all breakthroughs for Aboriginal people can be traced back to that day.On September 7, 2017, William Cooper’s last remaining grandchild will walk into that famous meeting place – the now perfectly restored Australian Hall, to explain how he is trying to complete the work his grandfather began.

TOMORROW (Monday 4 Sept) IN MELBOURNE (and above… IN SYDNEY)

The William Cooper Legacy project will be hosting an event at the William Cooper Justice Centre IN MELBOURNE – a unique afternoon of networking, storytelling and untold-history Right in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD and the legal district, stands the William Cooper Justice Centre, home to VCAT and various courthouses and tribunals.In a special, one-off event, come along for 90 minutes of music and nibbles, and to hearabout the stories of the brave fighter who stood up for injustices near and far, whose name lives on in this building.Joining us will be: Uncle Boydie Turner, William Cooper’s grandson Hon Justice Mordy Bromberg, Judge, Federal Court of  Australia. Mordecai (Mordy) Bromberg was appointed to the Federal Court in December 2009. As a judge, he has presided over many cases, most controversially was the Bolt Case in the Federal Court, which saw columnist Andrew Bolt found to be in breach under Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.

 

Justice Bromberg played for the St Kilda Football Club (1978–1981) and later worked as a solicitor, as an Associate and as a barrister in Australia, Hong Kong and the UK. He was the founding President of the Australian Institute of Employment Rights and is currently the Victorian President of the International Commission of Jurists.Don’t miss your chance to hear why the Victorian Government honoured William Cooper in this distinctive way. Limited places, filling fast. 

 

When: Monday 4 September 2017

Time: 4:00 for 4:15pm – 5:45pm 

Where: Level 4, William Cooper Justice Centre, 223 William Street (Cnr Lonsdale Street), Melbourne

Catering: Charcoal Lane by Mission Australia 

Bookings:   www.trybooking.com/RLTI 
Tickets: $50 – all proceeds to support the William Cooper Legacy projectwww.williamcooperslegacy.yolasite.com

 

In 1938, William Cooper stood up for the Jewish people while his own people were struggling for acceptance in Australia. Now, 79 years later, William’s grandson Uncle Boydie, has been invited by the German Government to Berlin, and by the Australian Government to lay a wreath on behalf of Indigenous Yorta Yorta soldiers at the official centennial commemoration of the Light Horse Charge that will take place in Beersheba on October 31 of this year.

 

The project is raising funds so that Uncle Boydie or a representative of the Cooper family can travel to Israel and Germany along with a companion, for the entire project to be documented, and for the public to be educated about this important story in Australian history that still has ramifications today.