Barbara Miller
Together with her husband Norman, Barbara planted the Tabernacle of David, a church in Cairns in 1996. A year later, Barbara and Norman also founded the parachurch Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace. Barbara and Norman helped launch the Canberra Declaration and the National Day of Prayer and Fasting. They have also led a number of prayer events for Australia Day and conferences in many Australian cities.
Barbara is also the author of several books, most of them on Australian history and biography, including one about a 100-year-old Holocaust survivor. Barbara was a finalist in the main prize of the Queensland Literary Awards 2018 for her memoir “White Woman Black Heart: Journey Home to Old Mapoon, a Memoir.”
Articles by Barbara Miller:
4 July 2025
0.9 MINS
Indigenous Friends of Israel International is hosting an event to launch our Antisemitism Education Project on 7 July in Cairns, as we honour the legacy of William Cooper and his brave stand against antisemitism.
21 March 2025
9.9 MINS
What points can we learn from the Purim story, that happened in the Persian kingdom so long ago, that are meaningful for us today?
24 February 2025
4.5 MINS
I believe that what we saw at the Antisemitism Summit at the Central Synagogue was an opportunity to strategise to foil the evil plot of those who would wipe out Australian Jews.
29 January 2025
2.4 MINS
Universities have become a breeding ground for antisemitism, and we have a Teachers for Palestine movement aggressively introducing antisemitism into schools.
5 December 2024
4.2 MINS
There are some special events to honour William Cooper this 6 December. At the Israel and German embassies in Canberra, a plaque honouring him will be erected on the adjoining fence of the embassies, an amazing gesture of solidarity.
25 October 2024
3.4 MINS
Make no mistake – Israel is only being attacked because it is part of God’s plan for the redemption of the whole of humanity, and Satan does not want that. So, we need to step up our prayers and stand with Israel.
24 June 2024
1.6 MINS
At the opening of the Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, a South African tribal leader apologised for the South African government’s taking Israel to court for war crimes.
25 April 2024
2.8 MINS
For the pro-Palestinian lobby of Australian teachers to denigrate the ANZAC legacy by rewriting it emphasising Surafend, tying it erroneously to the Israel-Gaza war and belittling the sacrifice of so many Australian soldiers and their families on the eve of ANZAC Day is disgusting.
29 January 2024
4 MINS
Do First Nations people celebrate Australia Day? Yes! The vibrancy and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures is celebrated by thousands each January 26.
9 November 2023
8.5 MINS
We are holding a Kristallnacht event by Zoom tonight to commemorate the stand by Aboriginal Christians William Cooper and the Australian Aborigines’ League against Kristallnacht in 1938 with a protest march to the German consulate in Melbourne.
27 October 2023
4.7 MINS
Do they want all non-Indigenous Australians to leave Australia? And what about those of mixed heritage? Do they stay or go?
17 October 2023
4.5 MINS
We have an opportunity now for a change of direction in race relations in Australia, and we need to make it a positive change.
13 October 2023
6.2 MINS
The media has talked for months about enshrining the Voice to Parliament and Executive Government into the constitution. A shrine is something you worship at. What are we meant to worship?
11 October 2023
10.3 MINS
If successful, the Voice will introduce a race-based or ancestry/heritage-based body into the constitution, which is therefore discriminatory and goes against the equality of law in a democracy.
7 October 2023
5.8 MINS
Years of work for reconciliation and to build a multicultural cohesive society in Australia are at risk with the Voice referendum. I explain cultural Marxism and why I am voting no at the referendum.
14 April 2023
13.8 MINS
What on earth could a caterpillar have to do with politics or worship or – wait for it – the Voice? My Dream On the night of 24 March, I had a strange dream about a caterpillar-like creature. It was light blue and see-through, and [...]
13 April 2023
2.7 MINS
Here are 12 prayer points for believers on the Voice to Parliament. May God's Voice be heard! That God’s Voice is heard by Australians including those in power. Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice” (John 10:27). See 'God’s Voice Shakes the Desert' by Pastor [...]
30 March 2023
10.9 MINS
The 'Gates of Hades' (Hades is sometimes called 'hell') which Jesus referred to in Matthew was a physical place (Matt 16:18). It was located in Caesarea Philippi in northern Israel. Yet many theologians agree it was a reference to a spiritual reality as well. The [...]
27 March 2023
8.4 MINS
A historic vote has just taken place (Wednesday night, 22 March 2023) to pass the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill in both houses of the Federal Parliament. Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, gave Coalition support after securing some amendments in relation to the referendum on the [...]
3 July 2021
4.4 MINS
Father of NAIDOC William Cooper is the father of NAIDOC. The National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee came about because a committed Aboriginal Christian named William Cooper persuaded the churches to institute Aboriginal Sunday, which later became Aborigines Day, a secular observance, and later [...]