The wonder of little things / Vince Copley with Lea McInerney.
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TextPublisher: Gadigal Country, Sydney NSW : ABC Books, HarperCollinsPublishers Australia, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780733342448; 0733342442Subject(s): Copley, Vince, 1936-2022 | Copley, Vince | Perkins, Charles, 1936-2000 | Aboriginal Australians -- Biography | Australian football players -- Biography | Political activists -- Australia -- BiographyGenre/Form: Autobiographies. DDC classification: 305.89915092 Summary: Vince Copley was born on a government mission into poverty in 1936. By the time he was 15, five of his family had died. But at a home for Aboriginal boys, he befriended future leaders Charlie Perkins, John Moriarty and Gordon Briscoe. They were friendships that would last a lifetime. 'Always remember you're as good as anybody else,' his mother, Kate, often told him. And he was, a champion footballer and premiership-winning coach. But change was in the air, and Copley knew he had more to contribute. So he teamed up with Charlie Perkins, his 'brother' from the boys' home, to help make life better for his people. At every step, with his beloved wife, Brenda, Copley found light in the darkness, the friendly face in the crowd, the small moments and little things that make the world go round. In The Wonder of Little Things, Copley tells his story with humour, humility and wisdom. Written with his friend Lea McInerney over many cups of tea, it is an Australian classic in the making, a plain-speaking account of hardship, courage and optimism told without self-pity or big-noting.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are respectfully advised this book contains names, images and description of people who have died.
"A First Nations Elder shares his extraordinary story of finding kindness in the midst of prejudice, and joy in living life to the full" --page [1] of cover.
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Vince Copley was born on a government mission into poverty in 1936. By the time he was 15, five of his family had died. But at a home for Aboriginal boys, he befriended future leaders Charlie Perkins, John Moriarty and Gordon Briscoe. They were friendships that would last a lifetime. 'Always remember you're as good as anybody else,' his mother, Kate, often told him. And he was, a champion footballer and premiership-winning coach. But change was in the air, and Copley knew he had more to contribute. So he teamed up with Charlie Perkins, his 'brother' from the boys' home, to help make life better for his people. At every step, with his beloved wife, Brenda, Copley found light in the darkness, the friendly face in the crowd, the small moments and little things that make the world go round. In The Wonder of Little Things, Copley tells his story with humour, humility and wisdom. Written with his friend Lea McInerney over many cups of tea, it is an Australian classic in the making, a plain-speaking account of hardship, courage and optimism told without self-pity or big-noting.
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