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A small crowd of around 40 people gathered at West End Uniting Church in Brisbane on the first day of October to hear the history of the Queensland Uniting Church’s urban aboriginal and islander ministry since the 1970s and to honour and support the work of aboriginal leaders in ministry Aunty Jean Phillips and Mrs Elizabeth Law.
Aboriginal leaders Elizabeth Law from Zillmere and Aunty Jean Phillips from Highgate Hill shared their perspective on some current ministry and social justice challenges facing the Brisbane community.
Former Director of the Centre for Social Justice Rev Dr Noel Preston and former Democrat Senator Rev John Woodley gave their account of the turbulent and colourful history of those involved in urban aboriginal and islander ministry in Brisbane in the 1970s, 1980s and into the early 1990s.
Mr Woodley and Mr Preston told tales of Pastor Don Brady and Pastor E. Charles Harris who ministered with the indigenous community in Brisbane through the tumultuous days of Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson and the Brisbane Commonwealth Games.
This evening of important oral history has been recorded and is available for download from this site.
To hear Rev Dr Noel Preston and Rev John Woodley’s account of the turbulent and colourful history of those involved in urban aboriginal and islander ministry in Brisbane in the 1970s, 1980s and into the early 1990s click HERE (mp3 file 8.6mb).
To see the pictures from the PowerPoint presentation which accompanied the oral account click HERE (pdf file 12.3mb).
To hear Elizabeth Law share her perspective on some current ministry and social justice challenges facing the Brisbane community click HERE (mp3 file 1.2mb).
To hear Aunty Jean Phillips share her perspective on some current ministry and social justice challenges facing the Brisbane community click HERE (mp3 file 2.5mb).
To see some pictures from the evening click HERE (pdf file 307kb)
Photo : Elizabeth Law and Aunty Jean Phillips tell part of their story
