Some People Want To Shoot Me: a memoir

Event Description

Discover the remarkable story of Wayne Bergmann, a Nyikina man and Kimberley leader in this moving memoir of living between two cultures.
Join author Madelaine Dickie along with Wayne Bergmann and Molly Schmidt to discuss his memoir, Some People Want To Shoot Me.
It's Broome 2010. Bergmann is chief executive of the Kimberley Land Council during the controversial James Price Point gas hub negotiations when he receives a death threat. A friend crosses the road to avoid speaking with his wife. His children are subject to intense bullying.

Wayne’s story is an electrifying tale of resilience, determination and optimism, which shows what it takes to be an Aboriginal person walking in two cultures.

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