BOOK LAUNCH
3-4pm Sunday 18 April
Muse, East Hotel, Kingston Canberra ACT
Veronica Gorrie Black and Blue:
A memoir of Racism and Resilience
The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian police force.
Meet Veronica Gorrie in conversation with Sarah Burr for the launch of Black and Blue at Muse.
A proud Kurnai woman, Veronica Gorrie grew up dauntless, full of cheek and a fierce sense of justice. After watching her friends and family suffer under a deeply compromised law-enforcement system, Gorrie signed up for training to become one of a rare few Aboriginal police officers in Australia.
In her ten years in the force, she witnessed appalling institutional racism and sexism, and fought past those things to provide courageous and compassionate service to civilians in need, many Aboriginal themselves.
With a great gift for storytelling and a wicked sense of humour, Gorrie frankly and movingly explores the impact of racism on her family and her life, the impact of intergenerational trauma resulting from cultural dispossession, and the inevitable difficulties of making her way as an Aboriginal woman in the white-and-male-dominated workplace of the police force.
Sarah Burr is a Wiradjuri yinaa living on Ngunnawal country. She works on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family safety and gender equality in the Australian Public Service.
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General Admission: $10
Entry + Book: $36.69 (entry + a discounted copy of the book)
Book only: $32.99 (Signed by the author. No event entry)
‘Loved it. I read it in one sitting — couldn’t put it down. I thought of A.B. Facey as I read her astounding journey. What an incredible woman.’
Melissa Lucashenko
Miles Franklin Award-winning author of Too Much Lip
Venue
Muse, East Hotel
69 Canberra Ave, Kingston ACT
T: (02) 6178 0024