Deirdre O'Connell at Cronulla Library

Join historian, Deirdre O’Connell, as she reveals the incredible untold story of Australia’s Jazz Age.

In her new book, Harlem Nights, Deirdre O’Connell captures a time of wonder and flux, when Australians sensed a world growing smaller, turning faster and sometimes skittering off balance. American movies, music and dance brought together what racial lines kept apart. A spirit of youthful rebellion collided with the promise of racial perfectibility, stirring deep anxieties in white nationalists and moral reformers. From the wild jazz clubs of Prohibition-era Los Angeles to Indigenous women discovering a new world of black resistance, Deirdre O’Connell brings into focus a vibrant cast of characters from Australia’s Jazz Age.

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