Robert is delighted to speak at the upcoming Pacific Palms Writers’ Festival, an initiative of the Pacific Palms Arts Inc Committee.
Delivered this year as a virtual event, the sessions are free to access but registration is required.
Speaking in session one, Robert joins Auntie Janice Paulson and Rosalie Horner for a discussion and QandA. Grab a cup of tea and stay on for session two with Tim Bowden, Di Morrissey AM and Greg Blaze.
About the Speakers
Aunty Janice Paulson, Worimi Elder
Aunty Janice is a valued Worimi community member, having spent most of her life living in Forster. Aunty Janice is co-founder of the Baraya Wakulda Choir, singing together in Gathang the language of Janice's people Woromi. The Choir was borne out of the Big Sing in the Desert, Alice Springs, followed by the Big Sing by the Sea, Forster. As Aunty Janice says, ‘Singing brings people together’.
Robert Tickner, Ten Doors Down
Robert always knew he was adopted but had rarely felt much curiosity about his origins. This is the story of a federal minister’s remarkable reunion with his birth parents.
Robert grew up a country boy in Forster and became an Aboriginal Legal Service lawyer and an alderman of the Sydney City Council. In 1984 he won the federal seat of Hughes, and in 1990 he became the federal minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.
Rosalie Horner, Watlzing Mathilde
Waltzing Mathilde is a coming-of-age story that addresses themes of motherhood, family and home.
It is set against the backdrop of European expansionism and Sydney’s progression from frontier town to metropolis and the devastating 1890s Depression.
Rosalie is the author and was a presenter on ABC Television Melbourne, a Fleet Street journalist for thirty years and TV panellist in Britain.