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Football is a religion around the country.

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Everyone I knew played
AFL football, and you just played it.

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Or had talent.

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But I also make no apologies for
working my backside off and sacrificing.

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O'Loughlin, two-time
All-Australian player. What a champion.

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I would string one game, two games.

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500th goal for the
indigenous team of the century star,

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Michael O'Loughlin.

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Magnificent.

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So, it changed our life.

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But what a day
for Michael O'Loughlin,

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the first ever to play 300 games

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for the Sydney Swans.

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Sport brings people together.

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You know, we're playing this
amazing game called AFL Football.

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When I'm running out onto a field, you
represent your family and your community.

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It's not a burden, it's a really
amazing thing. Gives me strength.

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Racism is alive and well in Australia and
what's happening on the field is, I guess,

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a bit of a reflection of what's happening
on the other side of the fence in society.

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You know, a lot of lot of
non-Aboriginal people say oh get over it.

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Well, you know what? You can't get
over it if it's happening all the time.

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I was getting it when I was under 12,
and what it does to me--

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it brings back memories,
and I get really upset.

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It just hurts. And I was racially abused
last week and the week before that.

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I'm sick of it.
I'm sick of fighting.

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When are you going out and
playing a game in front of 70,000 people

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and to have
someone over the fence yell out

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"Monkey" or "Abo" or "black dog",
it takes the wind out of your sails.

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How do Aboriginal people
find the strength to stare that down?

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It's-- it's-- It's a huge task.

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Tarryn Thomas.

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Our younger generation can overtake us
and lead this country into the future.

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He's gonna make sure of it.
Michael Walters!

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It's quite simple
how people wanna change.

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There's still
a lot of healing that needs to be done.

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You've got to make an impact,
and you've got to leave

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the place in a better place
than when you found it.

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Growing up, I was dragged to football
matches by my uncles and my father.

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My mother. Like watching it
and sort of participating

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and I sort of picked it up quite easily.

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-Good ticket? No?
-I'll Facebook you.

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I can't help you.

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Oh yeah. I can
get a kick here, you know?

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Then I can go to another game
and I could get a kick,

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and I'm thinking okay, I can do this.

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-Are you in this one too?
-Yeah yeah.

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No worries, guys.

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Yeah, it was football in front of me,
and I just knew what to do with it.

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Hey, man. Hello.

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It was quite-- came quite naturally
and it was quite easy.

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You know the feel of the footy,
the way it bounced-- I could see it,

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and it was gonna go that way
or it was gonna go that way.

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I just-- I don't know. It was just
that was really sort of natural.

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don't I, ay?

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Then as you go and
sort of become a professional,

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there's a lot of things you gotta work on.

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The rules of AFL football...

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is there are no rules to AFL football.

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Back it comes.
He's in good touch, the big man.

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You got 18 players from each team,

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all trying to find some space
to get their hands on the ball.

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It's a bit like hot potato. The ball
just keeps buzzing around the ground.

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The skill is really unique.
When you're up close in a stadium

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with 70,000 people, it's incredible.

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Yeah.

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I love it,
my family loves it,

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our community loves it,
and Australia loves it.

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Parker picks it up,
wheels on his right boot,

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heads goalward, and kicks their third.

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How would I describe my mum?
Um...

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Muriel is, uh, very strong-willed.
Very determined.

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I think, uh...

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I think she can come across
as really disciplined and hard.

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Hello.

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But she's she's an
absolute softy underneath it all.

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-Hello.
-Hello.

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-How are you?
-Good, good, good.

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-Lovely to see you, yes.
-My mate!

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She took an interest in everything
that we did. So, whether it was sport

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or what was going on at school or whatever
it was, she was always there so...

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But she's-- she's
an incredible, incredible mum.

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Good to see you, ay?
You're good?

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All good, yes?
How was your trip?

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Yeah, it was fairly long-- a long
flight but we got here in the end.

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-I think Rick is going to pick Derek up.
-Yeah?

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Yeah, we're going to
go down to Salisbury North.

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Oh, good. That's lovely, yeah.

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There was a lot of interest in
sport at that time and footy, and I think

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Michael, being very young
at the time, just absorbed all that

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enthusiasm, family gatherings,
and was just naturally gifted with

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picking up a ball
and kicking the ball around

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with these brothers
and cousins and uncles.

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And there was always
a football around, huh?

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Always. Always was.

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-A lot of broken windows.
-Broken windows and...

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Balls over the fence.

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Jump the fence, go and get the ball.

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Family means a lot and they
offered support wherever, whenever.

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Because Michael
had a quite an extended family.

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Cousins by the dozens.

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-I think everyone when they popped over--
-Popped over to have a footy.

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I was like,
Uncle, come and kick the footy.

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And you can see
sometimes they'd roll their eyes

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but they'd come out and kick with you.

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-So, it was like...
-Yeah.

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Everywhere I went.
If I was going the shop,

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I'd bounce the ball or whatever.
I mean, took it to school.

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-Everywhere I'd go.
-Oh, absolutely.

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-On the school bus...
-But we were fortunate,

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because where we live, there was

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Auntie and Uncle up here
around the corner here.

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Nana was around the corner.

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So, there was just everyone in
this community at Salisbury North

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that they just looked after each other.

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Some of the lessons that
you learn along that journey from

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your aunties and your uncles,
and especially in the football sense,

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about looking after yourself,
staying off the drink.

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So, that was drummed
into me really early as well.

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Um... And then they spoke about a lot
of the stuff with racism around sport,

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but it was always about, you know,
don't let that mess around with your game.

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Keep concentrating on the football.

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And I guess there was times
where you wanted to fight, but...

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had to pull it back and just concentrate,
as angry as I was on the footy field

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as a junior growing up and being called
all these different names.

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I knew that, you know, my Nana and my mum
were watching and were always like, "Oi!

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Come on, stop fighting,
go back for the footy."

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I knew early on that we had challenges.

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So, where we lived and not much money.

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So, people were-- certainly our
people were-- always sort of floating

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in and out of the football club.

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That was just the place where
I hung out and made great friends and

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played cricket there in the summer
and football in the winter.

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So, everyone owned a footy, and it was
easy to find someone to have a kick with.

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What's not to love?

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Wasn't till I probably got to sort of 12,
and I started making sort of rep sides,

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and I thought
oh, okay, I'm all right at this thing.

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And then, I think it was my mum
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'You know that Clare gets paid lots
of money to play football?"

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And I was blown away.

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I didn't know
you could get paid to play football.

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It blew my mind, and I went
"Oh, what?" And that was it.

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And I thought football, in my mind,

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I can play, be really good,
and I can help change

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my family's path what we're on.

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You know, five boys
in one room, all in bunk beds,

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and cousins sleeping
on the floor. Like, I thought

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I can buy my mum a house here,
or I could do something if I'm any good.

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He was still in high school in year 12
when the Swans came around to to visit.

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We were like, "What are they doing here?
What are-- what do these holders want?"

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And we had no idea what to expect.

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What-- I just thought oh, wow.
It was exciting,

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it was scary, it was all
these different things.

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Yeah, it was.

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It was a bit of
a culture shock from a local, uh,

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community footy club
into an AFL environment.

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Um, it was a...

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-Yeah. Shock to the system.
-Scary thing for all of us, actually.

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The change from Salisbury North
to Sydney was a huge step.

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After the first week, I was done.

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I was ready to go back to Adelaide and
and go and live with Mum and work locally

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and play for Salisbury North.

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But again, really strong people
in my life.

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My mother, "There is nothing here for you.
You have to stay with this opportunity.

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It's too good to pass up. Not many
people get an opportunity like this."

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I look at a young Tarryn Thomas whose
story, to me, looks exactly the same.

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Tough neighbourhood, moved away
from home-- a long way from home--

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to try and live his dream.

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All by himself!

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Inside 50. Tarryn Thomas.

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As a kid, Tarryn was great,
energetic, competitive,

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Exhausting.

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That passion, I think,
got him really to where he is today.

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A talented young roo,
and he's put it right through.

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This is a really positive start
from North.

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Two goals on the board,
and the cats have two behind.

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Tarryn, I obviously watched him
from afar.

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And I think for him now,
it's just the consistency of effort.

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I think that's what separates
really good players from great players.

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Scoring a goal,
and the crowd is up and about again.

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There's some responsibility about that,
and he'll find his voice will get

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louder and he'll become, you know,
more confident.

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Yeah, I'm not a big talker, but...
I'd rather have my footy do the talking.

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Didwell, Thomas.
Tarryn Thomas turns, kicks, goals.

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Every time I step
on the field, I...

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think of my ancestors and...

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yeah, all the brother boys
that came before me.

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Yeah, I'm just very proud that I
can put on a jumper and play and

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tell people my story on the field.

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And he kicks long
and hits Tarryn Thomas

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Lights out, on the run.
He's got no one forward, though.

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He's sitting out front.

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It rolled all the way home anyway!

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I think the young guy has
this enormous potential to be

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a really great player in the
league for a long period of time.

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That could set him and his
family up for the rest of their lives.

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I had a pretty good life
growing up.

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Like, obviously I didn't have much, but...

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Mom and Dad done everything for me.

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Yeah, like in Doonside here
it either you go down the good path...

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...or the bad path.

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In winter, it was football,
and in summer was athletics.

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So, it's sort of like we never stopped.

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Never stopped playing sports.

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Sports, sports, and more sports.
Medals upon medals.

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Go Tarryn!

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The proudest--
proudest I can be.

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You know, have my grandson--
watching him on television

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every weekend playing AFL.

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He's only got one man
ahead of him, and it's Thomas.

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I reckon the first time it happened
to me was at school.

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I got called 'Black Dog'.

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And I didn't really know what it meant.

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But that didn't feel right.

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Back in my days we was--

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never ever talked about
our Aboriginality at school.

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Like, because
none of that was taught to me.

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And I've got grandchildren today
wanting to know what tribe we're from.

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We're Kamilaroi tribe,
and their totem is the goanna.

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To me, people
don't think that we've got a heart.

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You know, just because of
the colour of our skin and stuff.

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Yeah, I'll do anything
for Mom and brothers and sisters

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to make them have a good life too.

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Because they've done everything for me.

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Tarryn's setting an example.
Like I said, an ambassador.

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To change.
We do need a change.

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But having someone like Tarryn to do this
makes me proud.

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Sorry.

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It's amazing. How do you feel, mate?

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Like, I've just got the hairs on
the back of the neck stand up.

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I very proud. Walking past,
I'll still get goosebumps.

235
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But I can see treaty and respect there,
and such an iconic pose as well.

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Yeah, I love when they
took the knee before games

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or everyone in the public took a knee.

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So, I think that's very
powerful having that voice.

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Especially having my photo
on the wall really relates

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to my community saying no to racism.

241
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Sorry it's not just us,
All black fellows as everyone, as one.

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Like we're just one whole big community
and everyone to come together.

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Just sort of the pose and what
that represents back in America

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where it all sort of started
with Black Lives Matter movement.

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And that now has--
has expanded around the world.

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And here you are
representing not only the people here in

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in North Melbourne Football Club,
but your people

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everywhere around the country as well.

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It means, I guess, a lot of different
things to a lot of different people,

250
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but to me it's about strength, culture.
I mean, this is-- this is right up there.

251
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I wanna be at the front pushing
what the past players have started for us.

252
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Keep moving forward.

253
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I'm very proud of you. Well done.

254
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Listen, enough looking at yourself
now, mate. Come on. Let's go.

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♪ ♪

256
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-God, Michael.
-How are you, John? Good to see you, mate.

257
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How are you?

258
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There's some cracking
indigenous talent out there today.

259
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Yeah.

260
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How have you seen
that over the over the journey?

261
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Well, as an indigenous historian, buddy.
So I've, you know, followed the game.

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All codes, all sports. And the reality
is historically we couldn't get a go.

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I mean, there were barriers.
There was the colour bar.

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It really wasn't till the late 60s and
into the 70s that the doors opened for us.

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But I think we basically kicked
those doors down because it was the

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incredible talent in our
communities and the incredible players.

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And once we got a sniff mate,
no looking back.

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Keeps it in!

269
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He keeps it in! Oh!
Look at him! He's done it!

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Absolute superstar!

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Sport for us has been a vehicle for voice
and asking for change and recognition.

272
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But here certainly right across
the country, right, there's a long history

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of fighting for Aboriginal rights
I mean, we come through the 60s--

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and I said that's the time of
great social and political change.

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You had Charlie Perkins from
the freedom ride, the Gurindji walk-off

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at Wave Hill in '66. 1967 referendum,
92% of the population,

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you know, supporting us.
The '72 tent embassy.

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And the early Aboriginal movement,

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unbelievably nearly 100 years ago,
had African-American connections,

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African-American influence,
African-American inspiration.

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They say "accident",
we say "murder"!

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They say "accident", we say "murder"!

283
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They say "accident", we say "murder"!

284
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Because of what happened--
what we saw on TV with what happened

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to George Floyd
and many others in that space.

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But that was such an horrific event.

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I mean--
and then we stood up here.

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And I mean rallies.

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I know, with Newcastle, Brisbane,
Sydney, Melbourne, thousands of people,

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and it put us back in the picture
as far as the media was concerned.

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And we could go back to, you know,
the Royal Commission

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and the Black deaths in custody,
because those continued on.

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The implementations of all
of those things that were put up

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and with, you know, deemed as
being necessary had been ignored.

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I see the jumper
that you're wearing today.

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We wear it proudly and so do a lot of
our non-indigenous brothers and sisters.

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-Yeah.
-I mean, indigenous round.

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Incredible for our people.

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Always good to
showcase our culture on a big stage.

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-What does it mean to you?
-Oh, it's-- it's inspiration. It's pride.

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The Marngrook round is
a pretty special round

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for all the indigenous players

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that are playing in
the men's and women's competition

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And I know every player loves

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to put on their jumper with
the indigenous design to go out,

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represent our football club,
but also our culture and where we're from.

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The game of marngrook,
you know, there was these tribes that were

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playing the possum skin filled with
charcoal and stitched together,

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and the ball just be sort of going
everywhere and there was many as 50

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to 60 people were trying to
all get their hands on the ball.

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One of the founders of the AFL
saw this and went, 'Wow.

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'This is an incredible, fast-paced.

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It's got plenty of action involved.'

314
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And I think the game of AFL
evolved from that.

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Now we have multiple players
of our mob playing the game.

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It's the time to shine and it's--
they leave their mark on the game.

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...takes a magnificent grab!

318
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First game is one that
still sort of blows my mind.

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O'Loughlin's got it.
Can he produce some magic?

320
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Back to O'Loughlin.
O'Loughlin kicks the goal!

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Magnificent!

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Everyone I knew growing up
was watching.

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O'Loughlin keeps it in.

324
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He's good enough from there.

325
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I reckon there were some people
who were surprised

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to even see me on the field

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who said, 'Wow, he's actually made it.
He's actually there playing on TV'.

328
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So I'll never forget that,
and our lives changed forever.

329
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For the better.
I was able to string one game,

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two games, three games,
and eventually 300.

331
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And Sydney onto the ground.
O'Loughlin has been a star. 300 games.

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♪ ♪

333
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Michael Walters, Jr is one
of my favourite players to watch.

334
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He'll help himself.
Walters has done it again.

335
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-Down to 30 seconds
-He'll step around.

336
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He's not gonna waste anytime.
He's gonna make sure of it.

337
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He's been absolutely super
for their football club

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and you know, a proud Aboriginal man,

339
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um, playing in front of his home crowd
and in front of his home mob.

340
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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
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and Walters on the end of it.

343
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It actually was just a vehicle
that I could belong

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to keep me out of trouble, but also,
you know, I love footy.

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So, I wanted to take every step
to try and get to the highest level.

346
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I felt proud to be
drafted by Fremantle Dockers.

347
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It's a Perth team. They have
a great history of indigenous players

348
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playing there, and we've had a lot
of indigenous players come through in more

349
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in more time as well. And there's no
doubt there's going to be a lot more.

350
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And he's been a match with that.

351
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He's been a goal kicker. Michael Walters.

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His really great strength is
his ability to be able to read the game.

353
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You can see, when you're watching
a game of footy, his mind's ticking over.

354
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And you can see that in certain players.

355
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And I see that in him. He's always
one step ahead of everyone else.

356
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Michael Walters,
he's come up big lighting games

357
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the last few weeks. That one sneaks home!

358
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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
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He's been an absolute star.

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♪ ♪

362
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So I've got a big family.

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As you expect--
Indigenous families, first cousin,

364
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second cousins, uncles, and aunties.
Just catch up all the time.

365
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Ew, yuck!

366
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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
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She was always
the one driving me to training,

369
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driving me to games,
having my friends sleep over

370
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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
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She was always the one that,
you know, had

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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
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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
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In the house passageway.

379
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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
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She's played
a huge part in my footy career,

382
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and even now she's always
the first one at the footy ground.

383
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And I definitely owe a lot to her.

384
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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
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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
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was he?

395
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Continued in the second.

396
00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:29.240
When you talk about race
and vilification,

397
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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
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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
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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
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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
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involving Goodes in the dying minutes.

411
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I can't imagine how strong and resilient
they must must have been.

412
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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
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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
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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
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being told
and people celebrating our culture.

419
00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:57.080
I feel proud because guys like

420
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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
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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
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for the next generation coming through.

435
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♪ ♪

436
00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:13.280
My pride in my culture,
in terms of going out in the footy field,

437
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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
♪ ♪