Boy from Birdum, The: (Bill Dempsey)

Dempsey, Bill, 1942-

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WEST AUSTRALIANA WAFL AFL  ABORIGINAL INDIGENOUS

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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.

237 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm. #090723 First Edition

Dempsey, Bill, 1942-  |  Retta Dixon Children’s Home.  |  Australian football players — Northern Territory — Biography.  |  Aboriginal Australians — Northern Territory — Biography.  |  Australian football players — Western Australia — Perth — Biography.  |  Aboriginal Australians — Western Australia — Perth — Biography.  |  Australian

 

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Author Dempsey, Bill, 1942-
Number of pages237
PublisherMagabala Books, Broome
Year Published2021
Binding Type

Stiff card covers.

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