My longest round / Wally Carr and Gaele Sobott
- Bib ID:
- 7898414
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Carr, Wallace William Edward, 1954-, author
- Description:
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- Broome, Western Australia : Magabala books, 2019
- ©2019
- viii, 231 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781921248504 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"A powerful biographical story about the journey of a young Wiradjuri boy, Wally Carr, escaping the dreaded Aboriginal Welfare Board - a journey from the heartbreak and crushing loneliness of childhood to the mean streets of Sydney's Redfern. From hunting goannas, Jimmy Sharman's boxing tents, rugby league, professional boxing and the first Aboriginal Tent Embassy, to present-day struggles and lifestyles, My Longest Round offers a vital snapshot of Aboriginal and Australian history" --Back cover.
- Notes:
- Previously published in 2010 by Book Pal.
- Subject:
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- Carr, Wallace William Edward, 1954-
- Boxers (Sports) -- Australia -- Biography
- Boxing -- Australia
- Athletes, Aboriginal Australian -- Biography
- Drug addiction -- Australia -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Biography
- Boxers, Aboriginal Australian
- Boxers (Sports) -- New South Wales -- Biography
- D10: Wiradjuri
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Sobott, Gaele, author
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2019
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