The Liam Jurrah Story
From Yuendumu to the MCG and back again: Updated Edition
$46.99
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2014
Summary
Updated EditionKnown as the ‘Warlpiri Warrior,’ the ‘Jurrahcane’ and ‘Cougar,’ one time Melbourne AFL footballer Liam Jurrah made his mark with startling displays of skill, artistry and the ‘deadly’ impact of his football ability. This book tells the extraordinary cultural journey travelled by Liam, a fully initiated Warlpiri man, from the remote Aboriginal desert community of Yuendumu to the MCG, as the first of his kind to play football at an elite level. Combating language and cultural hur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522865516 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522865518 |
| Author: | Bruce Hearn Mackinnon |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Victory Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 159mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Bruce Hearn Mackinnon
Bruce Hearn Mackinnon was born in Melbourne in 1957. He is married and has a son and a stepdaughter. He is a senior lecturer with the School of Management and Marketing at Deakin University and a researcher in the university’s Centre for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Community.Bruce is also vice-president of a maverick coterie, the Collingwood Industrial Magpies, an organisation committed to reconciliation between black and white Australia, and which formed a special relationship with the remote Central Australian Aboriginal community of Yuendumu in 2002.This relationship with Yuendumu led to Liam Jurrah first visiting and later living with Bruce and his family in Melbourne, as he pursued his dream of becoming an AFL player.
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