A gift for Israel

Munganbana Norman Miller, an Aboriginal artist and co-founder of the Indigenous Friends of Israel with his wife Barbara, is travelling to Israel to gift a large two-metre boomerang he made and painted to the Israeli government.

Miller said he wants Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog and the Israeli government to know there are Indigenous people in Australia who stand with Israel.

“You are not alone despite hostility from the nations, even our own Australian government,” he said.

Miller explained the meaning of the painting on the boomerang. “This boomerang represents Indigenous peoples with earthy colours surrounding Israel, represented in the centre by the Star of David, in love, protection and blessing. Dot painting is often used in Australian Aboriginal art and it also represents here ‘the islands will look to Me’ (Isaiah 60:9) signifying the remotest parts of the earth bringing honour to the Jewish people,” he said.

“We recognise you as Indigenous to the land of Israel just as we Indigenous people are Indigenous to our lands.