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Our race for reconciliation / Anita Heiss.

By: Publication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : Scholastic Australia, 2017.Description: 202 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781760276119
Other title:
  • My Australian story. Our race for reconcilation
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A823.4 23
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Australian Children's Books
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item reserves
Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Junior collection HEI Available 068027
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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.

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.

For secondary school age.

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