Note from Tony: This story was published on ABC news online. Basketball champion and Indigenous mentor Patty Mills has found ‘a way to live with impact and purpose’ By Jonathon Gul September 13 2020 Patty Mills is one of Australia’s greatest basketballers. (ABC RN: Jeremy Story Carter) Patty Mills remembers asking the question. Vividly, despite it happening more than...
Intro by Tony: This is not a story about football. It is a story about a person – an Indigenous Australian – and of people. There is no need, therefore, to know anything at all about Australian Rules Football to fully appreciate Rob’s story. His story has particular impact upon me for the reason I played AFL in Ballarat and Melbourne during this time (But not in the same...
On Tuesday May 8th 2018 my sister Liz together with Remy and me searched the cemetery at Corowa NSW for Marker 237. This was in the old section of the cemetery as we looked for signs of the place our brother John was buried sixty-eight years ago. The search was led and motivated by my sister Liz who had worked for many years at Sands Australia assisting parents grieve and cope with the...