Jack Charles - Born-again Blakfella
Tue, 03 Sept
|Newtown Neighbourhood Centre
Join us for a special night with the one and only Jack Charles. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, 'Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella' is a candid and uplifting memoir from one of Australia’s finest and most beloved actors. Jack is in-conversation with Larissa Behrendt. An unmissable event!


Time & Location
03 Sept 2019, 6:30 pm
Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Bedford St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Guests
About The Event
Join us for a special night with the one and only Jack Charles. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, 'Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella' is a candid and uplifting memoir from one of Australia’s finest and most beloved actors. This is an unmissable event!
Jack will be in-conversation with author Larissa Behrendt.
About the Book
Jack Charles has worn many hats throughout his life: actor, cat burglar, musician, heroin addict, activist, even Senior Victorian Australian of the Year. But the title he’s most proud to claim is that of Aboriginal Elder.
Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government’s White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured long after he reconnected with his Aboriginal roots and discovered his stolen identity. Even today he feels…
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