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AUSTRALIAN IDENTITY: Indigenous Australians

Sally Morgan

Yvonne Goolagong Cawley

Aboriginal Sports Heroes

Over a hundred years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contributions to Australian sport are chronologically presented in this short program. This includes the achievements of the 1867 cricket team, Doug Nicholls (runner, boxer), Charles Perkins (soccer), Lionel Rose (boxer), Evonne Goolagong Cawley (tennis), Cathy Freeman (sprinter), Marcia Ella (netball) and Anthony Mundine (boxer, NRL).

SOURCE: ClickView, published 2014, Rated E [11.15 mins]

Mandawuy Yunupingu

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

Adam Goodes

Swans co-captain, two-time Brownlow Medallist, Australian of the Year and Anti-Racism and Anti-Domestic Violence spokesman, Adam Goodes is a man who stands for what he believes in.