Published
August 2014
Pages
416
ISBN
9780992363154
Size
234 x 0 x 153 mm
Weight
543 g
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Polly Farmer
A revised and updated edition of the 1994 original publication about Australian football Legend Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer, one of the 12 inaugural Legends to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996. As a young boy growing up in a home for Aboriginal children, Polly Farmer set himself the goal of reaching the highest echelons of Australia’s most popular homegrown sport. Through hard work and sheer determination, with a leavening of pure natural brilliance, he made it to the top—and stayed there. Not only did Polly Farmer claim a position among the greatest footballers of all time, he changed the very nature of the game.
Author
Steve Hawke
Steve Hawke lives in the Perth Hills these days, but still retains strong links to the Kimberley through his work there with Indigenous people and organisations. As well as the Polly Farmer biography he has written two histories, Noonkanbah and A Town Is Born , a children’s novel, Barefoot Kids, and a play, Jandamarra, all with Kimberley themes.
Media
AFL Record- Round 18, 2014
Read an article about Steve Hawke's 'Polly Farmer' that appeared in the AFL Record.
The Tasmanian Times
Read an article about Polly Farmer that appeared in the Tasmanian Times
Mt Barker Courier
Read an article about Polly Farmer that appeared in the Mt Barker Courier
