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The Liam Jurrah Story

Author : Bruce Hearn Mackinnon
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522860591
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book The Liam Jurrah Story written by Bruce Hearn Mackinnon and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thousands of people come to watch particular players because there is something about them that they can connect with and that excites, and Liam is doing just that.But he's also showing that he's a great man, a special person." -Jimmy Stynes, President of the Melbourne Football Club.Known as the 'Warlpiri Warrior,' the 'Jurrahcane' and 'Cougar,' Liam Jurrah is a rising star of the AFL, known for his startling displays of skill, artistry and the 'deadly' impact of his football ability. But despite Liam's prodigious talent, he is a relative newcomer to the AFL.This book tells the incredible journey travelled by Liam, a fully initiated Warlpiri man, from the remote Aboriginal desert community of Yuendumu to the MCG, as the first of his kind to play football at an elite level.Written by the man whose family provided a home for Liam when he first moved to Melbourne, this is the story of how Liam learned about life in the 'big smoke,' his time at Collingwood and his recruitment by Jimmy Stynes and the Melbourne Football club. Along the way the book describes how the author and his family came to understand and treasure the richness of Liam's Warlpiri culture. According to Martin Flanagan, "Liam Jurrah is like no other sports story in Australia, and possibly the world, at this time."

My Way

Author : Moana Hope
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522871534
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book My Way written by Moana Hope and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moana Hope is one of fourteen children. No fan of dolls or dresses, footy has always been her passion, and she would spend hours playing kick-to-kick with her dad and brothers at the local park. When her father was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Moana cared for him until his death four years later. Footy and cricket provided an escape from the demands of domestic life, and she made state and national teams for both sports. She also began to explore her Maori heritage, getting tattoos that represented the dearest people in her life. But as women's football became more popular, being good at the game wasn't enough—players started being pressured about the way they looked. Moana refused to grow her hair or cover her tatts, and for the first time in her life felt sidelined by the game. But later, inspired by a women's exhibition game, she realised what she was missing and returned with gusto to the game she loved. As a powerful full-forward who can thrill crowds by taking big marks and kicking spectacular goals, Moana was signed by Collingwood as one of its two marquee players for the inaugural AFL Women's competition in 2017. A high-flying athlete who is grounded by remarkable selflessness, Moana Hope is an inspiration for women and girls everywhere. My Way is her story.

Life As I Know It

Author : Michelle Payne
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522870155
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Life As I Know It written by Michelle Payne and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michelle Payne rode into history as the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. She and her 100-to-1 local horse Prince of Penzance took the international racing world by surprise but hers was no overnight success story. Michelle was first put on a horse aged four. At five years old her dream was to ride in the Melbourne Cup and win it. By seven she was doing track work. All of the ten Payne children learned to ride racehorses but Michelle has stayed the distance. She has ridden the miles, done the dawn training, fallen badly and each time got back on the horse. So when she declared that anyone who said women couldn’t compete in the industry could ‘get stuffed’, the nation stood up and cheered. Michelle has the audacity to believe she can succeed against all the odds. Her story is about hope triumphing over adversity, and how resilience and character made a winner.

My Yuendumu Story

Author : Frank Baarda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780645057317
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book My Yuendumu Story written by Frank Baarda and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yuendumu is an Aboriginal Community in Central Australia. Since Frank and Wendy Baarda arrived at Yuendumu Native Reserve, at the end of the 'Welfare Era', in 1973, they have witnessed enormous changes in both Aboriginal lifestyle and in the institutional management of their community. This story tells of those changes. It also tells of how the Warlpiri people of Yuendumu have retained their unique worldview, their language, identity, dignity, and sense of humour.

1964

Author : Michael Dean Sexton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646550589
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book 1964 written by Michael Dean Sexton and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the 1964 SANFL season

Fortress Or Sanctuary

Author : David Tait
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781741083385
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Fortress Or Sanctuary written by David Tait and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research report from Australian Research Council Linkage project investigating court security and safety issues.

Noonkanbah

Author : Steve Hawke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781761281983
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Noonkanbah written by Steve Hawke and published by . This book was released on 2023-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The multi-award-winning first-hand account of the dispute over the proposal to mine sacred land at Noonkanbah Station in Western Australian in 1978. The proposal led to walk-offs, a blockade, government intervention, and the formation of the Kimberley Land Council. The dispute became a landmark Indigenous land rights campaign. On the launch of an exhibition in 2018 to mark Noonkanbah's 40th anniversary, Kimberley Land Council Acting Chief Executive Officer Tyronne Garstone described the dispute as a 'David and Goliath battle'. First published in 1989, Noonkanbah won the Human Rights Australia Literature Award that same year. The following year it won the National Book Council Award for Non-Fiction and the Special Award in the WA Week Literary Awards.

Swimming Studies

Author : Leanne Shapton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101584939
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Swimming Studies written by Leanne Shapton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography Swimming Studies is a brilliantly original, meditative memoir that explores the worlds of competitive and recreational swimming. From her training for the Olympic trials as a teenager to enjoying pools and beaches around the world as an adult, Leanne Shapton offers a fascinating glimpse into the private, often solitary, realm of swimming. Her spare and elegant writing reveals an intimate narrative of suburban adolescence, spent underwater in a discipline that continues to inspire Shapton’s work as an artist and author. Her illustrations throughout the book offer an intuitive perspective on the landscapes and imagery of the sport. Shapton’s emphasis is on the smaller moments of athletic pursuit rather than its triumphs. For the accomplished athlete, aspiring amateur, or habitual practicer, this remarkable work of written and visual sketches propels the reader through a beautifully personal and universally appealing exercise in reflection.

The Burning Elephant

Author : Christopher Raja
Publisher : Giramondo Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1922146951
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book The Burning Elephant written by Christopher Raja and published by Giramondo Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burning Elephant is set in Kolkata before and after the assassination of Indira Gandhi, which led to widespread violence against India’s Sikh population. The novel is told from the point of view of a young boy Govinda, whose father is the headmaster of a local school. It begins with the intrusion into the schoolyard of an elephant that has escaped from its owner, and is seen as such a danger that he is immediately shot, then burnt by the police. This outbreak of violence in the idyllic world of childhood sets the tone for the novel as a whole, which gives the innocent yet knowing perspectives of Govinda in his engagement with the crowded and complex life of Serpent Lane outside the school, his awareness of the breakdown of the relationship between his parents, his sense that his own privileged life is under threat. The way the tensions in his family are rendered against the backdrop of the larger social tensions in India, while at the same time maintaining Govinda’s child-like point of view, is particularly compelling. It is the outbreak of violence after Indira Gandhi’s death which finally causes Govinda’s father to migrate to Australia – and it is the implicit lesson of this novel, never spelt out, but felt throughout, that such horror is often a central fact of migration to this country.

The Footy Lady

Author : Stephanie Asher
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522872581
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book The Footy Lady written by Stephanie Asher and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No tragedy, no challenge, has proved too hard for Susan Alberti. The woman from the working-class suburbs has battled boardrooms, courts, lymphoma and adult diabetes;and was one of the driving forces behind the AFL's move into women's football. When her first husband was killed by a truck, Susan took over their construction business, becoming a female pioneer in the building industry. When her daughter was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes she embarked on a mission to find a cure. When her beloved football club the Western Bulldogs was threatened with annihilation she worked as vice-president to bring home the 2016 premiership flag. Confronted with the exclusion of women from AFL, she battled to open the game to all and kept up the fight with money and on-ground support when others were ready to signal defeat. This is a story of passion, generosity and a woman who will inspire you to take on the seemingly impossible and triumph.

Real Women Love Footy

Author : Dawn Leicester
Publisher : Lothian Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 9780734406033
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Real Women Love Footy written by Dawn Leicester and published by Lothian Children's Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal accounts by two women, about what football means to them. Describes their passionate love for Aussie Rules football, their membership in their clubs' women's coteries, and their celebrations of their team's weekly highs and lows. Foreword by Bev O'Connor. Includes photos and endnotes.

Brotherboys

Author : Sean Gorman
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 9781741156447
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Brotherboys written by Sean Gorman and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jimmy Krakouer was released from jail in August 2004, having served nine years of a sixteen year sentence for trafficking amphetamines in Western Australia's biggest ever drug bust. Twenty years earlier, Jim and his brother Phil enjoyed fans, fame and fortune in the heady days of the burgeoning AFL competition. So what went wrong? The Krakouer brothers exploded onto the football scene in Perth in the early 80s and were quickly lured by big money to play for North Melbourne. People still talk of Krakouer magic'; they were both great footballers, but together they were an almost impenetrable force on the field. But despite their uncanny ability to win the ball, Jim and Phillip were subjected to racist taunts both on and off the field. And Jim was somewhat of a firebrand. He was a regular at the tribunal and had served two prison sentences as a teenager. He floundered in retirement from the game and to pay back gambling debts, he turned to crime. It seems Jim was always on a trajectory towards trouble, while his brother Phil stayed on the straight and narrow. Brotherboys is about how two brothers handled their sporting success, how the AFL handled two unusual sporting heroes, and how as a sporting nation, we handled our Indigenous brothers. serving nine years. Phillip, meanwhile, has stayed on the straight and narrow. Jim's son Andrew plays for Richmond and one of Phillip's sons will be drafted to the Kangaroos in 2005 under the father-son rule. Sean Gorman has had the Krakouer brothers' complete cooperation throughout the writing of the book.

The First Garden

Author : Christopher Raja
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780868199474
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book The First Garden written by Christopher Raja and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first garden tells the story of Olive Pink-a trailblazing Aboringal land rights activist and environmentalist. Ridiculed by her peers and shunned by the Alice Springs Community for espousing ideas that were considered to be outlandish she was viewed as a public nuisence, to be barely tolerated. However, due to her determination and vision the Olive Pink Botanical Gardens was established and 'preserved for posterity as a place of peace and beauty' in Alice Springs."--Back cover.

Aboriginal People in the Northern Territory

Author : Australian Bureau of Statistics
Publisher : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aboriginal People in the Northern Territory written by Australian Bureau of Statistics and published by Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. This book was released on 1990 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of contemporary Aboriginal society in the Northern Territory. Based principally on the results of the 1986 Census and supplemented by data supplied by other Northern Territory organisations involved in Aboriginal affairs. (Covers the social, demographic and economic aspects of the Aboriginal population with maps, graphics and colour photographs.)

The Collectors of Lost Souls

Author : Warwick Anderson
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421433613
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Collectors of Lost Souls written by Warwick Anderson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This riveting account of medical detective work traces the story of kuru, a fatal brain disease, and the pioneering scientists who spent decades searching for its cause and cure. Winner, William H. Welch Medal, American Association for the History of Medicine Winner, Ludwik Fleck Prize, Society for Social Studies of Science Winner, General History Award, New South Wales Premier's History Awards When whites first encountered the Fore people in the isolated highlands of colonial New Guinea during the 1940s and 1950s, they found a people in the grip of a bizarre epidemic. Women and children succumbed to muscle weakness, uncontrollable tremors, and lack of coordination, until death inevitably supervened. Facing extinction, the Fore attributed their unique and terrifying affliction to a particularly malign form of sorcery. In The Collectors of Lost Souls, Warwick Anderson tells the story of the resilience of the Fore through this devastating plague, their transformation into modern people, and their compelling attraction for a throng of eccentric and adventurous scientists and anthropologists. Battling competing scientists and the colonial authorities, the brilliant and troubled American doctor D. Carleton Gajdusek determined that the cause of the epidemic—kuru—was a new and mysterious agent of infection, which he called a slow virus (now called a prion). Anthropologists and epidemiologists soon realized that the Fore practice of eating their loved ones after death had spread the slow virus. Though the Fore were never convinced, Gajdusek received the Nobel Prize for his discovery. Now revised and updated, the book includes an extensive new afterword that situates its impact within the fields of science and technology studies and the history of science. Additionally, the author now reflects on his long engagement with the scientists and the people afflicted, describing what has happened to them since the end of kuru. This astonishing story links first-contact encounters in New Guinea with laboratory experiments in Bethesda, Maryland; sorcery with science; cannibalism with compassion; and slow viruses with infectious proteins, reshaping our understanding of what it means to do science.

365 Days of Wholeness

Author : Matthew Bate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780994205308
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book 365 Days of Wholeness written by Matthew Bate and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover the secrets to living a more energetic & healthy lifestyle by following this easy-to-read guide that will provide you with all the tools necessary to acquire optimum health for yourself and your loved ones. The duo of Matt Bate and Tegan Steele have made it their goal to clarify the myths and mixed messages reported by the media and to teach you how to take back control of your life and ease the aches & pains that have plagued you. Inside the pages of this book, you will find simple solutions to everyday problems, as well as easy-to-follow recipes utilizing natural ingredients that are readily accessible, and valuable techniques that can easily be added to your existing bevy of healthy lifestyle choices.

19th Biennale of Sydney

Author :
Publisher : Satalyte Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780957802315
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book 19th Biennale of Sydney written by and published by Satalyte Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Ellyria just wants her sick triplet sons to live, each ruling over a third of the kingdom as their dying father wished. When she finds herself trapped in a deadly bargain with a Dark Spirit, she recruits a band of young mages to help - but a terrible curse takes over. The Dark Spirit befriends her enemies and seduces her friends, and Ellyria soon finds that famine, pestilence, betrayal and bereavement are all in its arsenal. Can Ellyria unite the elvish and mortal sides of her family and in so doing, save the kingdom?