Letters Against Silence

William Cooper and Aboriginal Political Resistance in Footscray

Parson’s is indisposed this week, so it was fortunate that I was asked to perform a ten minute reading at the Footscray West Writers Fest. It seemed apt that I should read something about former Footscray West resident - William Cooper.

I’ve obviously written a fair bit about him over the years, but didn’t really had anything to fit with the theme of th…