Our race for reconciliation / Anita Heiss.

By:

Heiss, Anita, 1968-

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781760276119

Subject(s):

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: Cultural stories

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction	Dee Why Library	F HEIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R01891XSLGD

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.

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