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Bill Dempsey is a humble achiever. He is known primarily as a champion footballer with West Perth and the Darwin Buffaloes. A premiership captain who played over 400 games in 20 seasons in Perth and the Northern Territory, and a member of the AFL's Indigenous Team of the Century, his record and his achievements compare with the very best. He is revered as a true legend at West Perth. Bill has led a remarkable life. Born in the shadow of Japanese bombing raids in 1942. Forcibly removed from his mother after the death of his father and baby sister, he was a stolen child who never lost contact with his family and found a second family amongst his fellow inmates at the Retta Dixon Home. Brought to Perth at the age of seventeen as a 'spare wheel' to his mate Jim Anderson, he stayed on to become a football champion and a trailblazer as an Aboriginal entrepreneur throughout the 80s. In The Boy from Birdum, Bill tells his story frankly, courageously, and with the charismatic flair of a natural-born yarn spinner. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Dempsey, Bill, 1942-
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Retta Dixon Children's Home.
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Retta Dixon Children's Home. |
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Australian football players -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography.
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Australian football players. |
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Australia. |
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Northern Territory. |
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Biographies.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians. |
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Australian football players -- Australia -- Perth (W.A.) -- Biography.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Perth (W.A.) -- Biography.
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Western Australia -- Perth. |
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Hawke, Steve, 1959- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781925936049 192593604X (DLC) 2020476023 (OCoLC)1243560046 |
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9781925936056 (electronic book) |
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1925936058 (electronic book) |
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9781925936063 (electronic book) |
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1925936066 (electronic book) |
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9781925936049 |
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192593604X |
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