image description
# 467192
USD 34.99 (Book Not in Ready Stock, will take 45-60 days to source and dispatch)
- +

Black pearls : the Aboriginal and Islander sports hall of fame

Author :  Colin Tatz & Paul Tatz

Product Details

Country
Australia
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press, Australia
ISBN 9781925302950
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2019
Bib. Info vii, 387 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
Categories DU - Oceania (South Seas)
Product Weight 1465 gms.
Shipping Charges(USD)

Product Description

Evonne Goolagong, Cathy Freeman, Nova Peris, Lionel Rose, Artie Beetson and Polly Farmer are just a few of our Australian sporting heroes who, since the mid-1880s, have helped shape Australia’s identity as a great sporting nation. They, along with 261 other individual sporting greats, are showcased here in this new edition of the Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame. Spanning 36 sports across a period of 166 years, Black Pearls presents some of our Olympic heroes, superb sportswomen, football giants, boxing legends, lightning sprinters and more – from darts champions to world class weightlifters and woodchoppers. Black Pearls is more than a sports book. It reveals a history of inclusion and exclusion, about Aboriginal determination in the face of enormous obstacles, and resilience in overcoming remoteness, discriminatory laws, incarceration on isolated reserves, and opponents in a variety of sports arenas. Athletes, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography. | Torres Strait Islanders -- Biography. | Athletes, Aboriginal Australian. | Aboriginal Australians -- Sports. | Torres Strait Islanders -- Sports. | Sports & Active outdoor recreation. | Australian

Product added to Cart
Copied