TY - BOOK AU - Heiss,Anita TI - Our race for reconciliation SN - 9781760276119 U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Sydney, N.S.W. PB - Scholastic Australia KW - Freeman, Cathy, KW - Olympic Games KW - (27th KW - 2000 KW - Sydney, N.S.W) KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Olympic Games (27th : 2000 : Sydney, N.S.W.) KW - Fiction KW - Olympic Games (27th : 2000 : Sydney, NSW) KW - Olympic athletes KW - Australia KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Reconciliation KW - Olympics KW - Sport - Olympic Games KW - aiatsiss KW - Politics and Government - National symbols and events - Olympic Games, Sydney, 2000 KW - Sport - Athletics and running KW - Sport - Football KW - Race relations - Reconciliation KW - Politics and Government - National symbols and events - NAIDOC / NADOC / National Aborigines Week KW - Literature and stories - Fiction KW - Literature and stories - Juvenile KW - Women Olympic athletes KW - Australian fiction KW - fast KW - Children's stories KW - Aboriginal Australians KW - Ipswich (SE Qld SG56-14) KW - aiatsisp KW - Corroboree Grounds (SW Qld SG54-15) KW - Australian KW - Young adult fiction KW - lcsh KW - Juvenile works N1 - Ipswich, 2000 -- Winning isn't everything -- Still dancing like it's 1999 -- Dear Cathy -- Easter Bonnet -- Family, footy, and saying 'sorry' -- Road, tripping to Sydney -- Corroboree 2000 -- Playing tourists -- Brisbane March -- The olympics come to Ipswich -- NAIDOC Day -- Book week -- Games that bring a national together -- FBG -- A race to reconciliation; For secondary school age N2 - Mel Gordon loves running, and watching Seinfeld, but mostly she loves Cathy Freeman. It's 2000 and the Olympics are going to be held in Australia. In a year of surprises, Mel finds out that Cathy Freeman is coming to talk to her school. And her family is heading to Sydney! It becomes an unforgettable journey to Corroboree 2000, bringing together all Australians as they march and sing and celebrate Australia's Indigenous heritage and also acknowledge past wrongs ER -