ABORIGINES IN SPORT in LOGANLEA, Queensland for sale

Tatz, Colin.
ABORIGINES IN SPORT
The Australian Society for Sports History, South Australia, 1987. 151 pages Trade Paperback. Illustrated with black and white photographs
255 grams
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Aboriginal people have played an important part in the history of Australian sport. They are very much a part of Australia's sporting heritage. Most sports played in this country have fielded an Aborigine who has achieved excellence. All Australians have feted sporting heroes like Evonne Goolagong-Cawley in tennis, Lionel Rose in boxing, Graham 'Polly' Farmer in Australian Rules, and Eddie Gilbert in cricket
Aborigines have achieved success even though racism exists both on and off the field, and has been one of many obstacles they have had to overcome. Despite this, many succeed. Some triumph not only in Australia but in the sports arenas of the world. Some who achieve success in sport carry it over into prominence in private and public life. Others experience a brief moment of glory, only to fall by the wayside, embittered and exploited because they are neither accepted within the sports they play nor within Australian society generally
Many of the stories in this book will sadden. Some readers will be outraged at many of the individual histories. Others will question the inhumanity of those who exploit and vilify their fellow man
In 'Aborigines in Sport' Colin Tatz has written about some 230 Aboriginal sports men and women. He does so objectively and with compassion
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