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What a champion. 9 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,360 I would string one game, two games. 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,880 500th goal for the indigenous team of the century star, 11 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:46,040 Michael O'Loughlin. 12 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:47,720 Magnificent. 13 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,160 So, it changed our life. 14 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:51,160 But what a day for Michael O'Loughlin, 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,800 the first ever to play 300 games 16 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:55,640 for the Sydney Swans. 17 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,160 Sport brings people together. 18 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,440 You know, we're playing this amazing game called AFL Football. 19 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,440 When I'm running out onto a field, you represent your family and your community. 20 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,240 It's not a burden, it's a really amazing thing. Gives me strength. 21 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,200 Racism is alive and well in Australia and what's happening on the field is, I guess, 22 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,840 a bit of a reflection of what's happening on the other side of the fence in society. 23 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,920 You know, a lot of lot of non-Aboriginal people say oh get over it. 24 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,760 Well, you know what? You can't get over it if it's happening all the time. 25 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,320 I was getting it when I was under 12, and what it does to me-- 26 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,520 it brings back memories, and I get really upset. 27 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:47,080 It just hurts. And I was racially abused last week and the week before that. 28 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,840 I'm sick of it. I'm sick of fighting. 29 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,600 When are you going out and playing a game in front of 70,000 people 30 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,600 and to have someone over the fence yell out 31 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,640 "Monkey" or "Abo" or "black dog", it takes the wind out of your sails. 32 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,120 How do Aboriginal people find the strength to stare that down? 33 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,680 It's-- it's-- It's a huge task. 34 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:11,360 Tarryn Thomas. 35 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,160 Our younger generation can overtake us and lead this country into the future. 36 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,600 He's gonna make sure of it. Michael Walters! 37 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:19,600 It's quite simple how people wanna change. 38 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,480 There's still a lot of healing that needs to be done. 39 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,040 You've got to make an impact, and you've got to leave 40 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:27,840 the place in a better place than when you found it. 41 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,960 Growing up, I was dragged to football matches by my uncles and my father. 42 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,240 My mother. Like watching it and sort of participating 43 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,400 and I sort of picked it up quite easily. 44 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,160 -Good ticket? No? -I'll Facebook you. 45 00:02:59,000 --> 00:02:59,840 I can't help you. 46 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,920 Oh yeah. I can get a kick here, you know? 47 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,880 Then I can go to another game and I could get a kick, 48 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,200 and I'm thinking okay, I can do this. 49 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,360 -Are you in this one too? -Yeah yeah. 50 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,320 No worries, guys. 51 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:17,160 Yeah, it was football in front of me, and I just knew what to do with it. 52 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:20,400 Hey, man. Hello. 53 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,560 It was quite-- came quite naturally and it was quite easy. 54 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,200 You know the feel of the footy, the way it bounced-- I could see it, 55 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:30,840 and it was gonna go that way or it was gonna go that way. 56 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:34,720 I just-- I don't know. It was just that was really sort of natural. 57 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,800 don't I, ay? 58 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,040 Then as you go and sort of become a professional, 59 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:44,520 there's a lot of things you gotta work on. 60 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,440 The rules of AFL football... 61 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,160 is there are no rules to AFL football. 62 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,680 Back it comes. He's in good touch, the big man. 63 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:10,640 You got 18 players from each team, 64 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,360 all trying to find some space to get their hands on the ball. 65 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,720 It's a bit like hot potato. The ball just keeps buzzing around the ground. 66 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,760 The skill is really unique. When you're up close in a stadium 67 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:22,920 with 70,000 people, it's incredible. 68 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:30,440 Yeah. 69 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,200 I love it, my family loves it, 70 00:04:32,280 --> 00:04:34,600 our community loves it, and Australia loves it. 71 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,440 Parker picks it up, wheels on his right boot, 72 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,280 heads goalward, and kicks their third. 73 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,240 How would I describe my mum? Um... 74 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,520 Muriel is, uh, very strong-willed. Very determined. 75 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,560 I think, uh... 76 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,000 I think she can come across as really disciplined and hard. 77 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:07,960 Hello. 78 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,240 But she's she's an absolute softy underneath it all. 79 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,360 -Hello. -Hello. 80 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:14,800 -How are you? -Good, good, good. 81 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:17,320 -Lovely to see you, yes. -My mate! 82 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,840 She took an interest in everything that we did. So, whether it was sport 83 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:25,200 or what was going on at school or whatever it was, she was always there so... 84 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:28,760 But she's-- she's an incredible, incredible mum. 85 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,280 Good to see you, ay? You're good? 86 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,120 All good, yes? How was your trip? 87 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,360 Yeah, it was fairly long-- a long flight but we got here in the end. 88 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,640 -I think Rick is going to pick Derek up. -Yeah? 89 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:44,080 Yeah, we're going to go down to Salisbury North. 90 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,720 Oh, good. That's lovely, yeah. 91 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:52,120 There was a lot of interest in sport at that time and footy, and I think 92 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,840 Michael, being very young at the time, just absorbed all that 93 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:03,080 enthusiasm, family gatherings, and was just naturally gifted with 94 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:05,720 picking up a ball and kicking the ball around 95 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,640 with these brothers and cousins and uncles. 96 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:10,440 And there was always a football around, huh? 97 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,680 Always. Always was. 98 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,560 -A lot of broken windows. -Broken windows and... 99 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,160 Balls over the fence. 100 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,400 Jump the fence, go and get the ball. 101 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,600 Family means a lot and they offered support wherever, whenever. 102 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,400 Because Michael had a quite an extended family. 103 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,760 Cousins by the dozens. 104 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:35,880 -I think everyone when they popped over-- -Popped over to have a footy. 105 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,720 I was like, Uncle, come and kick the footy. 106 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,240 And you can see sometimes they'd roll their eyes 107 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:41,640 but they'd come out and kick with you. 108 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,360 -So, it was like... -Yeah. 109 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:44,960 Everywhere I went. If I was going the shop, 110 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,680 I'd bounce the ball or whatever. I mean, took it to school. 111 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,040 -Everywhere I'd go. -Oh, absolutely. 112 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:52,880 -On the school bus... -But we were fortunate, 113 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,840 because where we live, there was 114 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,160 Auntie and Uncle up here around the corner here. 115 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:58,480 Nana was around the corner. 116 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,720 So, there was just everyone in this community at Salisbury North 117 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:03,480 that they just looked after each other. 118 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,880 Some of the lessons that you learn along that journey from 119 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,520 your aunties and your uncles, and especially in the football sense, 120 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:14,240 about looking after yourself, staying off the drink. 121 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,920 So, that was drummed into me really early as well. 122 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,040 Um... And then they spoke about a lot of the stuff with racism around sport, 123 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,080 but it was always about, you know, don't let that mess around with your game. 124 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:26,640 Keep concentrating on the football. 125 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,720 And I guess there was times where you wanted to fight, but... 126 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:34,040 had to pull it back and just concentrate, as angry as I was on the footy field 127 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,880 as a junior growing up and being called all these different names. 128 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,680 I knew that, you know, my Nana and my mum were watching and were always like, "Oi! 129 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,400 Come on, stop fighting, go back for the footy." 130 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:58,080 I knew early on that we had challenges. 131 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,960 So, where we lived and not much money. 132 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,320 So, people were-- certainly our people were-- always sort of floating 133 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:11,240 in and out of the football club. 134 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,480 That was just the place where I hung out and made great friends and 135 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,320 played cricket there in the summer and football in the winter. 136 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,240 So, everyone owned a footy, and it was easy to find someone to have a kick with. 137 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:23,880 What's not to love? 138 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:33,600 Wasn't till I probably got to sort of 12, and I started making sort of rep sides, 139 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:35,560 and I thought oh, okay, I'm all right at this thing. 140 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,400 And then, I think it was my mum and she said, 141 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,000 'You know that Clare gets paid lots of money to play football?" 142 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:41,960 And I was blown away. 143 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:43,800 I didn't know you could get paid to play football. 144 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:48,280 It blew my mind, and I went "Oh, what?" And that was it. 145 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,080 And I thought football, in my mind, 146 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:56,280 I can play, be really good, and I can help change 147 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,920 my family's path what we're on. 148 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:04,320 You know, five boys in one room, all in bunk beds, 149 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,880 and cousins sleeping on the floor. Like, I thought 150 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,720 I can buy my mum a house here, or I could do something if I'm any good. 151 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:18,360 He was still in high school in year 12 when the Swans came around to to visit. 152 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,680 We were like, "What are they doing here? What are-- what do these holders want?" 153 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,360 And we had no idea what to expect. 154 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,520 What-- I just thought oh, wow. It was exciting, 155 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,160 it was scary, it was all these different things. 156 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:32,120 Yeah, it was. 157 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,160 It was a bit of a culture shock from a local, uh, 158 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,200 community footy club into an AFL environment. 159 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:39,400 Um, it was a... 160 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,240 -Yeah. Shock to the system. -Scary thing for all of us, actually. 161 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:48,920 The change from Salisbury North to Sydney was a huge step. 162 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,320 After the first week, I was done. 163 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:55,720 I was ready to go back to Adelaide and and go and live with Mum and work locally 164 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,680 and play for Salisbury North. 165 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,240 But again, really strong people in my life. 166 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:04,040 My mother, "There is nothing here for you. You have to stay with this opportunity. 167 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,960 It's too good to pass up. Not many people get an opportunity like this." 168 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:19,360 I look at a young Tarryn Thomas whose story, to me, looks exactly the same. 169 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,240 Tough neighbourhood, moved away from home-- a long way from home-- 170 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,440 to try and live his dream. 171 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:27,720 All by himself! 172 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,640 Inside 50. Tarryn Thomas. 173 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:38,080 As a kid, Tarryn was great, energetic, competitive, 174 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:39,760 Exhausting. 175 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:53,120 That passion, I think, got him really to where he is today. 176 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,880 A talented young roo, and he's put it right through. 177 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,560 This is a really positive start from North. 178 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:02,640 Two goals on the board, and the cats have two behind. 179 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,560 Tarryn, I obviously watched him from afar. 180 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,240 And I think for him now, it's just the consistency of effort. 181 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:20,240 I think that's what separates really good players from great players. 182 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,760 Scoring a goal, and the crowd is up and about again. 183 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:29,080 There's some responsibility about that, and he'll find his voice will get 184 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:33,280 louder and he'll become, you know, more confident. 185 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:37,920 Yeah, I'm not a big talker, but... I'd rather have my footy do the talking. 186 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:43,800 Didwell, Thomas. Tarryn Thomas turns, kicks, goals. 187 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:46,960 Every time I step on the field, I... 188 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,160 think of my ancestors and... 189 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,640 yeah, all the brother boys that came before me. 190 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,480 Yeah, I'm just very proud that I can put on a jumper and play and 191 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:02,280 tell people my story on the field. 192 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,640 And he kicks long and hits Tarryn Thomas 193 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,400 Lights out, on the run. He's got no one forward, though. 194 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:12,200 He's sitting out front. 195 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,360 It rolled all the way home anyway! 196 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:23,440 I think the young guy has this enormous potential to be 197 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,960 a really great player in the league for a long period of time. 198 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,880 That could set him and his family up for the rest of their lives. 199 00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:32,680 ♪ ♪ 200 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,120 I had a pretty good life growing up. 201 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,400 Like, obviously I didn't have much, but... 202 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:56,800 Mom and Dad done everything for me. 203 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:04,720 Yeah, like in Doonside here it either you go down the good path... 204 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,320 ...or the bad path. 205 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:13,200 In winter, it was football, and in summer was athletics. 206 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,400 So, it's sort of like we never stopped. 207 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,600 Never stopped playing sports. 208 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:23,200 Sports, sports, and more sports. Medals upon medals. 209 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:25,600 Go Tarryn! 210 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:31,040 The proudest-- proudest I can be. 211 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,080 You know, have my grandson-- watching him on television 212 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,720 every weekend playing AFL. 213 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,920 He's only got one man ahead of him, and it's Thomas. 214 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,560 I reckon the first time it happened to me was at school. 215 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:56,360 I got called 'Black Dog'. 216 00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:59,240 And I didn't really know what it meant. 217 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,000 But that didn't feel right. 218 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,280 Back in my days we was-- 219 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:08,920 never ever talked about our Aboriginality at school. 220 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,120 Like, because none of that was taught to me. 221 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:20,200 And I've got grandchildren today wanting to know what tribe we're from. 222 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:25,000 We're Kamilaroi tribe, and their totem is the goanna. 223 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,240 To me, people don't think that we've got a heart. 224 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,640 You know, just because of the colour of our skin and stuff. 225 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,560 Yeah, I'll do anything for Mom and brothers and sisters 226 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,240 to make them have a good life too. 227 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,400 Because they've done everything for me. 228 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,520 Tarryn's setting an example. Like I said, an ambassador. 229 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,800 To change. We do need a change. 230 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:03,280 But having someone like Tarryn to do this makes me proud. 231 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,040 Sorry. 232 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,280 It's amazing. How do you feel, mate? 233 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:24,080 Like, I've just got the hairs on the back of the neck stand up. 234 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,040 I very proud. Walking past, I'll still get goosebumps. 235 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:42,440 But I can see treaty and respect there, and such an iconic pose as well. 236 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,320 Yeah, I love when they took the knee before games 237 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,240 or everyone in the public took a knee. 238 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:54,760 So, I think that's very powerful having that voice. 239 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,560 Especially having my photo on the wall really relates 240 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,960 to my community saying no to racism. 241 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:07,520 Sorry it's not just us, All black fellows as everyone, as one. 242 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,880 Like we're just one whole big community and everyone to come together. 243 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,960 Just sort of the pose and what that represents back in America 244 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,760 where it all sort of started with Black Lives Matter movement. 245 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,760 And that now has-- has expanded around the world. 246 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,840 And here you are representing not only the people here in 247 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,800 in North Melbourne Football Club, but your people 248 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:28,120 everywhere around the country as well. 249 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,920 It means, I guess, a lot of different things to a lot of different people, 250 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:38,640 but to me it's about strength, culture. I mean, this is-- this is right up there. 251 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:44,040 I wanna be at the front pushing what the past players have started for us. 252 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:46,520 Keep moving forward. 253 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,000 I'm very proud of you. Well done. 254 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,720 Listen, enough looking at yourself now, mate. Come on. Let's go. 255 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,560 ♪ ♪ 256 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,520 -God, Michael. -How are you, John? Good to see you, mate. 257 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:11,480 How are you? 258 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,160 There's some cracking indigenous talent out there today. 259 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:16,200 Yeah. 260 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,640 How have you seen that over the over the journey? 261 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:22,960 Well, as an indigenous historian, buddy. So I've, you know, followed the game. 262 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:27,720 All codes, all sports. And the reality is historically we couldn't get a go. 263 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,200 I mean, there were barriers. There was the colour bar. 264 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:34,640 It really wasn't till the late 60s and into the 70s that the doors opened for us. 265 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,160 But I think we basically kicked those doors down because it was the 266 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,960 incredible talent in our communities and the incredible players. 267 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,320 And once we got a sniff mate, no looking back. 268 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:45,640 Keeps it in! 269 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,760 He keeps it in! Oh! Look at him! He's done it! 270 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,920 Absolute superstar! 271 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:59,040 Sport for us has been a vehicle for voice and asking for change and recognition. 272 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,600 But here certainly right across the country, right, there's a long history 273 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,240 of fighting for Aboriginal rights I mean, we come through the 60s-- 274 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,840 and I said that's the time of great social and political change. 275 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:19,320 You had Charlie Perkins from the freedom ride, the Gurindji walk-off 276 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:24,760 at Wave Hill in '66. 1967 referendum, 92% of the population, 277 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,440 you know, supporting us. The '72 tent embassy. 278 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,680 And the early Aboriginal movement, 279 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:35,080 unbelievably nearly 100 years ago, had African-American connections, 280 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,280 African-American influence, African-American inspiration. 281 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:41,120 They say "accident", we say "murder"! 282 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,880 They say "accident", we say "murder"! 283 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,800 They say "accident", we say "murder"! 284 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,960 Because of what happened-- what we saw on TV with what happened 285 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:53,280 to George Floyd and many others in that space. 286 00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:56,520 But that was such an horrific event. 287 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,960 I mean-- and then we stood up here. 288 00:18:59,040 --> 00:18:59,920 And I mean rallies. 289 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,920 I know, with Newcastle, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, thousands of people, 290 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:07,640 and it put us back in the picture as far as the media was concerned. 291 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:11,320 And we could go back to, you know, the Royal Commission 292 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,120 and the Black deaths in custody, because those continued on. 293 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,600 The implementations of all of those things that were put up 294 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:22,000 and with, you know, deemed as being necessary had been ignored. 295 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,200 I see the jumper that you're wearing today. 296 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:28,120 We wear it proudly and so do a lot of our non-indigenous brothers and sisters. 297 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,320 -Yeah. -I mean, indigenous round. 298 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:37,960 Incredible for our people. 299 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,400 Always good to showcase our culture on a big stage. 300 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,240 -What does it mean to you? -Oh, it's-- it's inspiration. It's pride. 301 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,400 The Marngrook round is a pretty special round 302 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:50,960 for all the indigenous players 303 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,560 that are playing in the men's and women's competition 304 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,240 And I know every player loves 305 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,840 to put on their jumper with the indigenous design to go out, 306 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:03,680 represent our football club, but also our culture and where we're from. 307 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,880 The game of marngrook, you know, there was these tribes that were 308 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:17,280 playing the possum skin filled with charcoal and stitched together, 309 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:20,080 and the ball just be sort of going everywhere and there was many as 50 310 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:24,320 to 60 people were trying to all get their hands on the ball. 311 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,760 One of the founders of the AFL saw this and went, 'Wow. 312 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:32,440 'This is an incredible, fast-paced. 313 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,280 It's got plenty of action involved.' 314 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:36,320 And I think the game of AFL evolved from that. 315 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:41,000 Now we have multiple players of our mob playing the game. 316 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,680 It's the time to shine and it's-- they leave their mark on the game. 317 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,880 ...takes a magnificent grab! 318 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:03,080 First game is one that still sort of blows my mind. 319 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,920 O'Loughlin's got it. Can he produce some magic? 320 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,960 Back to O'Loughlin. O'Loughlin kicks the goal! 321 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:11,480 Magnificent! 322 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:14,920 Everyone I knew growing up was watching. 323 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,200 O'Loughlin keeps it in. 324 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:20,040 He's good enough from there. 325 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:21,960 I reckon there were some people who were surprised 326 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,360 to even see me on the field 327 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:29,840 who said, 'Wow, he's actually made it. He's actually there playing on TV'. 328 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:36,880 So I'll never forget that, and our lives changed forever. 329 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,800 For the better. I was able to string one game, 330 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,000 two games, three games, and eventually 300. 331 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:56,680 And Sydney onto the ground. O'Loughlin has been a star. 300 games. 332 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,000 ♪ ♪ 333 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,200 Michael Walters, Jr is one of my favourite players to watch. 334 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,000 He'll help himself. Walters has done it again. 335 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,320 -Down to 30 seconds -He'll step around. 336 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,480 He's not gonna waste anytime. He's gonna make sure of it. 337 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,640 He's been absolutely super for their football club 338 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,080 and you know, a proud Aboriginal man, 339 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:31,080 um, playing in front of his home crowd and in front of his home mob. 340 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,120 It's an amazing career he's had. 341 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:39,240 ...around the corner, and he is deadly inside 50. Michael Walters! 342 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,760 and Walters on the end of it. 343 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,440 It actually was just a vehicle that I could belong 344 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,600 to keep me out of trouble, but also, you know, I love footy. 345 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,560 So, I wanted to take every step to try and get to the highest level. 346 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:56,160 I felt proud to be drafted by Fremantle Dockers. 347 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,680 It's a Perth team. They have a great history of indigenous players 348 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,600 playing there, and we've had a lot of indigenous players come through in more 349 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,800 in more time as well. And there's no doubt there's going to be a lot more. 350 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,160 And he's been a match with that. 351 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,840 He's been a goal kicker. Michael Walters. 352 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,320 His really great strength is his ability to be able to read the game. 353 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,360 You can see, when you're watching a game of footy, his mind's ticking over. 354 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,040 And you can see that in certain players. 355 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:22,800 And I see that in him. He's always one step ahead of everyone else. 356 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:26,240 Michael Walters, he's come up big lighting games 357 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,640 the last few weeks. That one sneaks home! 358 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,160 He's the final quarter specialist! 359 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,200 I love it. Great finish here by Michael Walters. 360 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:35,320 He's been an absolute star. 361 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:44,280 ♪ ♪ 362 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,040 So I've got a big family. 363 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,440 As you expect-- Indigenous families, first cousin, 364 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,400 second cousins, uncles, and aunties. Just catch up all the time. 365 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:58,840 Ew, yuck! 366 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,160 Do you want some ham sandwich? 367 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,520 My mum is more-- she's more the caring one. 368 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,360 She was always the one driving me to training, 369 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,560 driving me to games, having my friends sleep over 370 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,760 the night before games so we can all go there together. 371 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,760 There we go. We'll try a little bit of on your piece. 372 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,800 She was always the one that, you know, had 373 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:21,040 my footy clothes washed and ready for me in the morning for when I wake up. 374 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,360 When did you know that this kid could play? 375 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,960 Before he started walking. 376 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,960 He used to have the football all the time. 377 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,440 -It was nonstop. -Yeah? 378 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,640 In the house passageway. 379 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:38,720 I'm guessing, like my house in Salisbury North, couple of holes in the window. 380 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,680 -Was that a common occurrence here? -It was with both boys. 381 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,480 She's played a huge part in my footy career, 382 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,120 and even now she's always the first one at the footy ground. 383 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,800 And I definitely owe a lot to her. 384 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,480 That much trouble with school growing up? 385 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,200 -As in like not you personally, but-- -Yeah, well, the racial stuff, you know, 386 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,480 once or twice it may have happened to me in my junior footy. 387 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:00,600 -Yeah. -From other clubs. 388 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,280 I experienced it on the field more so than I did anywhere else. 389 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:08,080 Out in the footy field as a junior, I would was trying to, 390 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,040 you know, spar everyone because I was upset 391 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,680 and I didn't understand why they were calling me these names. 392 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,760 But that was what they were trying to do-- they try to put me off my game. 393 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,360 That's going to be a free kick, so the continues. 394 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:20,960 was he? 395 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,440 Continued in the second. 396 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,240 When you talk about race and vilification, 397 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,600 no one was speaking about any of that 398 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,880 until Nicky Winmar, Michael Long, and even our players before then-- 399 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,080 the Syd Jacksons of the world and Polly Farmers. 400 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,160 You know, they went through hell and back to play this game at that they loved, 401 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,680 and they would have had to have felt that the game doesn't love him back. 402 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,800 They copped it nonstop from players. 403 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:52,080 Umpires did nothing about it. And they cop it from the crowd. 404 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,800 It was everywhere and it was-- it was accepted. 405 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,560 It was always whatever happens on the field, stays on the field. 406 00:25:59,120 --> 00:26:01,920 Almost like you black fellows need to stay in your box. 407 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,360 It took some people with some incredible courage 408 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,120 who were going, 'No, no, that's bullshit. We're not putting up with that anymore.' 409 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:13,200 The victory was overshadowed by an alleged racist taunt 410 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,280 involving Goodes in the dying minutes. 411 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:22,160 I can't imagine how strong and resilient they must must have been. 412 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,760 And, you know, the football field is the place of their work. 413 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,080 Well, I was a young boy when I saw Nicky lift his jumper, 414 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,960 and I remember it was everywhere. 415 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:39,440 So, he's become this light that-- because play-- these players, 416 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,560 they went through it every week. 417 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,400 I feel an immense pride when I see statues like this in our story 418 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,080 being told and people celebrating our culture. 419 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,080 I feel proud because guys like 420 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,720 Nicky are the ones that paved the way for us younger generation, 421 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,480 and it's on us to also hand the baton over to the younger players 422 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,560 coming through as well, so there's no doubt there's a sense of pride, 423 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,680 not only for what he's done, but pride for my culture as well. 424 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,680 Sports changes a lot of conversations in terms of racial discrimination. 425 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,080 The AFL has been massive in promoting the diversity 426 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,160 in sport and also creating conversation in other areas which 427 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,880 at time in other workplaces, it would be hard to do that. 428 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,800 Or the added pressure that, you know, the Nicky Winmar and guys 429 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,640 like that in the past had to put up with, it would have been hard. 430 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:40,040 Nicky and Michael Long and what they had been through and the struggle. 431 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,040 You know, every time I step out on that footy field, 432 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:46,840 I'm there to showcase my talent and try and win footy games. 433 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,120 But also I'm there to lead and be a role model 434 00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:51,320 for the next generation coming through. 435 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,760 ♪ ♪ 436 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,280 My pride in my culture, in terms of going out in the footy field, 437 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:14,800 gives me the biggest uplift. 438 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,680 ♪ ♪ 439 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,000 I want to see young indigenous kids come through 440 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:30,880 and dominate and play on real footy 441 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,200 and forge a career for themselves and their family as well. 442 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:40,080 It's always good to walk the street and people calling your name. 443 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,160 And yeah, seeing young kids walk around in my, you know, 444 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,760 my number on their back is massive. 445 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:50,440 What's goin' on? 446 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,240 -How are you? -Very good. Yeah, Michael O'Loughlin here. 447 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,680 -Hey. How you doin'? -All right, good to see you. All right? 448 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,920 -Just showing me the neighbourhood. -Yeah, showing him through. 449 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,200 Hey, who's the Fremantle fan here? 450 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,200 Any West Coast fans? Any Sydney Swans fans? 451 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,040 Ah, you fellows can go away. 452 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,400 Nah, he follows gaming. 453 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,920 My family was strong indigenous people. 454 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,240 We always knew where we came from. They always go back to country. 455 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:23,400 They always go back down south to Albany and all in the great southern areas. 456 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,120 And there's no doubt, you know, our love for those places, 457 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,080 and our culture stems from that. 458 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,400 -How are you? -I had one photo with you before. 459 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,120 From the older generation just teaching us about it, 460 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,160 and they always instilled in us to remember where we come from. 461 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:39,960 On three, everybody say "Swans", right? 462 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,760 "Freo" on 3. 1,2,3... 463 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,440 Freo! 464 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,480 ♪ ♪ 465 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,800 The AFLW is a real shining light. 466 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,520 There's this incredible buzz around the game. 467 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,720 ...has been a part of her first game at The X Factor, 468 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,000 and she's got her first ever goal. 469 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,360 These strong, incredible, proud black women are, um, 470 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,240 just amazing and they're inspirational for our younger generation as well. 471 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,360 -How are you? -How are you? 472 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,760 Nice to see you. How you going? 473 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,160 Yeah, really well. You can't be here and not wear purple. 474 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:20,440 Sorry. 475 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:21,920 A little bit different to what I'm used to. 476 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,200 But you know, I'm on your country. It's the land of the Nunga. 477 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:26,160 It is. 478 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,640 -This is a very special place then. -Oh, it absolutely is. 479 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,160 The role the AFLW was playing here in the community... 480 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:34,600 -Yeah. -It must be because it's going 481 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,360 from strength to strength around the country. 482 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,800 And what is it like here in Perth? 483 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,800 It's now hard for me to imagine what our club 484 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,760 -would be like without the women's team. -Absolutely. 485 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,200 It would be diminished. 486 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,520 You know, it'd be a damn sight quieter as well. 487 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,000 You know, like-- but the energy that they bring into 488 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,880 the club and onto the field and with each other and with everyone else 489 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:58,120 is amazing. 490 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,280 An inspiration for our younger generation. 491 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:01,280 Yes. 492 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,680 Looking up to these incredibly strong women 493 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:05,600 and playing the game that we love. 494 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,960 ...on the left foot. Will it carry in the breeze? 495 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:09,800 It will. She gets the bounce. 496 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,840 And Maddy Prespakis, the youngster. 497 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,680 I've always said that AFL football has been an incredible vehicle for our people 498 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:20,000 to learn about school, education, healthy lifestyles, employment. 499 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:24,040 I think for me, one of the things that it did early 500 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,520 is it showed other people that we could do it. 501 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,560 More importantly, it showed us that we could do it. 502 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,280 And if we could do it, others could do it as well. 503 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,120 The representation of First Nations people, 504 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:44,360 where we are only about 3% of the national population, 505 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,320 in the AFL-- men's teams as well as our women's teams-- 506 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,680 we are between 11% and 13%. 507 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,600 What's really, I guess, unique is that 508 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,800 you talk about our culture, but you talk about our bloodlines 509 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,080 and then that talks about country. 510 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,480 And country makes you strong. Culture makes you strong. 511 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,120 ♪ ♪ 512 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,600 How long you been living here for now? 513 00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,760 In this house? 20 years, 21 years. 514 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,640 -And the youngest out of... -About 14. 515 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:42,680 14 kids. 516 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,320 -My Papa's brother. -Yep, yep. 517 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:47,760 What are you? 518 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:49,920 -No one's there. -Explain this one to me. 519 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:56,320 This is my Can you read this? Yeah, that's my exemption papers. 520 00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:00,800 Says that you shall state that you shall cease to be an aboriginal 521 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,480 for the purposes of leaving out. That's what we used to call a dog ticket. 522 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,440 How old were you? 523 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,360 I was only three years old when I got that. 524 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,960 If at any time the Aborigines Protection Board 525 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:15,280 has an opinion that the said Michael Victor O'Loughlin-- 526 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:19,440 you-- is not of such character and standard of intelligence and 527 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:23,480 and development as to justify the continuance of his of this declaration, 528 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:26,840 the Aboriginals Protection Board may revoke this declaration. 529 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:28,640 Unbelievable. 530 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,600 But you see the one there? It says, "cease to be an aboriginal 531 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,360 for the purpose" of leaving out the more black colours. 532 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,360 A lot of fellas didn't wanna sign it, but a lot of people wanted to get away 533 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,000 from the mission to make a better life for their-- 534 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,320 To go or whatever. 535 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,680 -Go work, foreign work. -Live on the then. 536 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,520 That's the one that gets me, where you "cease to be an Aboriginal". 537 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,680 So, this is a general certificate of exemption. Additional benefits. 538 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:56,960 "Additional benefits include walk freely through town without being arrested." 539 00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,440 -Yep. -Brackets, "note curfews apply". 540 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:04,000 "Enter a shop or hotel. You may or may not be served. 541 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,040 "Special conditions apply. 542 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,720 "In order to gain this exemption certificate, 543 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:12,160 "the following must be strictly adhered to--" 544 00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:15,040 You're not allowed to "speak in native language. 545 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:20,120 "Prohibited. Engage in dance, rituals native customs. Prohibited. 546 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:24,080 "Associating with fellow indigenous people, including family. Prohibited." 547 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,440 You're not allowed to meet your own family out, see. 548 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,520 "You must assimilate into the wider community. 549 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,720 "If all conditions are met with and satisfactorily upheld, 550 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,760 you may also be eligible to live in town unsupervised." 551 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:36,960 "Unsupervised." 552 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:40,720 "This is your chance to be free of the Aboriginal Protection Act 553 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,440 and live like a white man." 554 00:34:44,240 --> 00:34:46,200 -Crazy. -Absolutely crazy. 555 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,080 Dated the 10th of March 1951. 556 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:52,360 -Oh, this one line gets me though. -Which one? 557 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,560 "This is your chance to be free of the Aborigines Protection Act 558 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,200 and live like a white man." 559 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:04,240 All these exemptions and certificates and prohibited to do. Yeah, all these things. 560 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,040 And then you got but everyone play football together and then they went-- 561 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,000 as soon as the game finished, they went their separate ways. 562 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:10,880 Yeah. 563 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:15,240 When I was playing, that was '67, '66 for Maitland A-grade. 564 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:16,240 Yep. 565 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,440 I couldn't go in the pub after and have a drink. 566 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:19,360 Unbelievable. 567 00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:22,600 -Oh, this. -Yeah, so that was-- Yeah. 568 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,680 -That is deadly. -That's a good old photo. 569 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,600 Like, a lot of good footballers come from here, huh? 570 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,520 -Oh yeah, here. -And then that younger generation-- 571 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,160 obviously it all started with these mobby. 572 00:35:33,240 --> 00:35:35,400 -And then the bloodlines went through. -Yeah, yeah. 573 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:40,160 -Yep, right through to, like I said-- -Given opportunities to play AFL footy. 574 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:41,800 -I went to Sydney. -Yep. 575 00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:46,800 -And spent the rest 25 years there -And your mother said to me, 576 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:48,000 "Are you gonna back Sydney?" 577 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,760 I said, "No. I'm a Richmond supporter." 578 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,720 I'll support him when they're not playing. 579 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:54,760 I've been Richmond since 1959. 580 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,960 Yeah. Well, the one thing that I draw strength on being a long way from home 581 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:03,560 in Sydney is where I'm from and my bloodlines that run through the place. 582 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,120 -Yeah, your connection. -And my connections 583 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:11,800 to the Narungga, Ngarrindjeri, and Kaurna mob. 584 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,040 This is something that I draw strength on when I'm feeling 585 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:16,640 homesick or if I'm feeling... 586 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,160 I'm going through injuries or form or whatever it might be. 587 00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:22,320 I think back to this place. 588 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,520 And people like yourself and Mom, 'cause I'm a long way from home. 589 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,080 -Yeah. -And I have missed out on a lot of things, 590 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,640 but I know that my journey is one that you fellows are really proud of. 591 00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:36,160 You always got a home to come home to. 592 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:40,560 Yeah, and I'm really proud of the bloodlines that run through the place. 593 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:41,800 -Yeah. -Teaching my kids that. 594 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,600 My thousands and thousands of grandfathers and grandmothers 595 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:53,320 have walked that country. Like, it's my roots and my bloodlines. 596 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,520 That's my whole life. 597 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,720 It started there and it's been there for thousands 598 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,640 and thousands and thousands of years. That's in the back of my mind. 599 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,680 ♪ ♪ 600 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,360 Yeah, I love coming out here. This is, um, incredible country. 601 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:23,640 But the one thing I'm always aware of and and connected with is 602 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:26,840 that my bloodlines run right across this state. 603 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,920 And the Raukkan and Ngarrindjeri nations. My father's countries. 604 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,640 All do a really special place for me as well. 605 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,000 -Hey! -Hello O'Loughlin. 606 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:46,680 Aye? Hey hey. 607 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:48,760 Hi, great to see you, aye? 608 00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:51,480 -Welcome home, brother. -Yeah. It's great to see ya. 609 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,240 It's always been about my people. 610 00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:56,160 It's always been about Point Pearce. 611 00:37:56,240 --> 00:38:00,320 It's always been about Raukkan and the experiences that our mob had been through 612 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,640 and how we were treated to to how strong we we've become. 613 00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:07,880 And I think my great grandfather Millerum had the foresight to be able to go, 614 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:12,400 "Well, hang on, there's all these farms going-- popping up around the place." 615 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,240 I'm blown away that he sort of saw that 616 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,520 and how our future was going to change forever. 617 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,640 What do you got for the first one here, Uncle? 618 00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:22,840 -I know that one straight away. -So that's Millerum. 619 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,160 That's why we come for the day. 620 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:30,960 I think he was six when he first saw a White person, and he knew that 621 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,280 what his knowledge that he learned from his parents and his grandparents. 622 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,880 We have a dictionary today because of his work. 623 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:43,440 And so, there's 700 or more words that he taught. 624 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:44,840 Who was doing that? 625 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,040 -No one was doing that. -No one was doing that. 626 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,280 Look, we've all travelled around the country, 627 00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,520 and we know a lot of nation groups have lost, you know, 628 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:56,520 lost language and lost cultural practise. -Yeah, yeah. 629 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,760 And so we recognise that a lot of our people, our grandparents, 630 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:02,920 were broken-hearted people, were broken-spirited people. 631 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:08,000 And so, we we know that some people came through and some didn't. 632 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:14,560 And so that situation still is the same. We are still dealing with, you know... 633 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:20,360 terrible rates of suicide, youth suicide, alcoholism. 634 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,120 And so that's a challenge to all of us. 635 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,440 Are we-- what are we going to leave? 636 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:29,680 What do we invest our life in and what are we going to leave for the next generation? 637 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,360 ♪ ♪ 638 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,240 When I look at Michael, I see Michael as a little kid, 639 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,320 'cause I know his father and his mother. 640 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:46,200 I see him as Michael who played for Sydney, but I see him differently, too. 641 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,040 I've seen him, you know, in nearly every stage of his life. 642 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:50,200 And so what Michael is doing is... 643 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:56,320 fantastically important. We need people like Michael. 644 00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:59,920 He's really this generation's Millerum. 645 00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:08,400 Chills again when I sort of see this, you know? 646 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:12,160 -Like I can see my dad in it -Yeah, yeah. 647 00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:14,920 I can see my dad's face when I look at that. 648 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,760 -Yeah. -Unbelievable. 649 00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,360 Yeah. He's a solid man. 650 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,440 -Yeah. -You know, very-- 651 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,640 you don't live in Rakkaun and not be solid. 652 00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:26,200 Resilience and toughness are there. 653 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,200 Aboriginal people are the most resilient people on planet Earth. 654 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,640 You have to be, compared to what we've had to put up with 655 00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:54,520 and how we've survived on one of the harshest continents-- 656 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,000 this unbelievable place we call Australia 657 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,240 that our people have cared and loved for so many thousands of years. 658 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,080 ♪ ♪ 659 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:27,120 I spent pretty much my whole upbringing at the shack at Point Pearce. 660 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:35,880 -I remember building this. -Yeah. 661 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:40,600 -You was about 12, 13, wasn't it? -Yeah, built it. 662 00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,800 But back in your day there weren't two big sand dunes either, 663 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:43,920 so I don't know. 664 00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:55,360 When you step back on the country, you feel-- I don't know-- you... 665 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,280 It's hard to explain. You feel whole again. 666 00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,400 You feel strong. You feel strong. 667 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,480 Nana used to bring us all through here. 668 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,960 Yeah. Walk around, show us the country. 669 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:09,640 And I'm glad my brother's home too. You need this. 670 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:11,720 And culture-- that's what culture is. 671 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:13,880 Culture gives you strength to do anything. 672 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,880 I could sit here and stare at this all day. 673 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:24,520 -Beautiful, isn't it? -Mm-hmm. 674 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,680 No, I'll go every year everywhere like yourself, 675 00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:32,640 -but I always like to come home. -Reconnect? 676 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:35,480 That's it. And stay true to yourself. 677 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,040 You know, what we got learned, you know? 678 00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,400 If you're not gonna be honest to yourself, who are you gonna be honest to, you know? 679 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,280 Are rabbits still floating around here? 680 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,040 Rabbits, kangaroo. Yeah, everything. 681 00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:51,000 -Kangaroo? -The biggest mob. 682 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:52,760 -They're all through you, brother. -Kangaroo. 683 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,360 ♪ ♪ 684 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,880 Every weekend if I wasn't playing footy and every holiday, we were there. 685 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,160 And I missed that because I hadn't been back for a while. 686 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,480 Because life takes you on this journey you're on 687 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:17,160 with looking after your own family. 688 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,360 Explaining that to someone that is not Aboriginal 689 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,840 and saying, "Why is that place so special to you?" 690 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:33,800 Like, it-- 691 00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:37,560 my people have hunted and gathered there for so many years. 692 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,560 ♪ ♪ 693 00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:58,640 -So this is it, brother. -Cool. 694 00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:00,600 ♪ ♪ 695 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:17,960 Hey, let's walk out to this bit here. 696 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,600 ♪ ♪ 697 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,240 -Wow, that smell, mate. -Missed it, didn't you? 698 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,240 -...good for you. 699 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:34,840 ♪ ♪ 700 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,120 One thing you know about Point Pearce... 701 00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,840 No matter where you are in the world, that place will always be home, 702 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,760 and you can go back there, no matter what, 703 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:54,920 and talk to people about whatever's going on in your life. 704 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,400 They're always there. 705 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,560 ♪ ♪ 706 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,200 -Lovely, innit? -Smell that. 707 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,280 I know. I can smell them from here. 708 00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:11,560 Kerry, did you want to do the onions in the fry pan? 709 00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:14,320 That's it. 710 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:17,560 Aye, look at Nana Cougan. 711 00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,680 -Oh, you knackered him well around there. 712 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,120 -Hey. -There he is. 713 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:33,760 asleep. 714 00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:37,880 Took your time. Grab a seat there, of course. Sit down. 715 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,160 I'll never be lost. 716 00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:48,040 I'll always know where I need to go when I need to get back home. 717 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:49,720 Yeah, we went to Point Pearce. 718 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:51,800 Went for a walk out here then we went up to the hill. 719 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:53,920 -Yeah? 720 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:55,280 Oh, all right. 721 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:57,840 Look at that black patch. 722 00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:59,560 -You got the sand patch there? -Yeah. 723 00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:01,520 There's a black part on the other side before the roof. 724 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:04,560 -Yep. -I got about 13 crabs there one day. 725 00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,920 Yeah, we thought coming in there slowly and just... 726 00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:13,960 You're living in two worlds-- white man's world and an aboriginal community, 727 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,120 and making sure that our culture is still strong. 728 00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:29,480 Professional win from a professional outfit. 729 00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:31,960 The Swans get the job done. 730 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:38,960 Sport has been the vehicle for our people for everything. 731 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,840 Health, education, employment. 732 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:49,040 When you think about the education around racism, 733 00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:52,320 sport is the place that has taken the lead on it. 734 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,800 My job now as a retired player who's played 300 games 735 00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:01,240 who now sits on the Swans board is something that I don't take lightly. 736 00:47:01,320 --> 00:47:02,320 I just watched you play years ago. 737 00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:05,480 -Oh, mate. Been a long time ago now. -Yeah, yeah, I know. 738 00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:09,080 And it's one that I wear with a badge of honour. 739 00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:12,280 It's-- I'm very proud of what I've been able to accomplish. 740 00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:14,240 ♪ ♪ 741 00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:23,680 So, I think giving back to community and the things we've always taught-- 742 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,040 Aboriginal people do that. It's in our DNA. 743 00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:30,600 Go Foundation's a really important-- an important part of our lives. 744 00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:34,240 We've gone to communities, we've visited schools, and we've always 745 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:38,200 talked about education, healthy lifestyle, and listening to your mum. 746 00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:41,200 Never forget where you're from. 747 00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:44,080 Because if you don't know where you're from, you don't know where you're going. 748 00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:49,280 ♪ ♪ 749 00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:54,520 Three goals to Michael O'Loughlin, 750 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:56,400 closing the second half. 751 00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,920 And it can't get much bigger and better than that. 752 00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:01,960 ♪ ♪ 753 00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:06,120 Yeah. I'm hopeful. 754 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,800 I believe in people. I believe in our country. 755 00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:12,400 ♪ ♪ 756 00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:15,400 But we need more people joining in on that fight. 757 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,320 We need more people lending their voice. 758 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:19,680 ♪ ♪ 759 00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:24,760 You know, we need a voice. 760 00:48:26,240 --> 00:48:28,080 No one knows Aboriginal people like Aboriginal people. 761 00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,800 You know, we want that respect. We demand that respect. 762 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:36,240 ♪ ♪