A new song cycle from Lior, Nigel Westlake and Dr Lou Bennett pays tribute to Yorta Yorta elder William Cooper and his 1938 march
ne morning in December 1938, Yorta Yorta elder William Cooper led a group of Australian First Nations activists, the Australian Aborigines’ League, on a two-hour march from Footscray to the German consulate on Collins Street.
“Our people have suffered much cruelty, exploitation and misunderstanding as a minority at the hands of another people,” their resolution read. “The Nazi government has a consulate here on our land. Let us go there and make our protest known.” When he heard the story 75 years later, the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Lior was “just completely blown away”. At the time, he and composer Nigel Westlake were contemplating a companion piece to their 2013 song cycle Compassion. Drawing from ancient Hebrew and Arabic texts, the project was a sweeping orchestral meditation on peace and cross-cultural understanding. As they looked to create a follow-up, Lior began searching for a story that embodied those themes “in the real world”.
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