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LIAM JURRAH

 From Yuendumu to the MCG

- By Bruce Hearn Mackinnon -

Illustrated by with Photographs 

ISBN: 9780522860580

Publisher:  Melbourne University Press/Victory Books, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 

Published: 2011

Binding: SOFTcover  248 pages  

Condition: UNread & displayed condition! HERE in MELBOURNE! A retired display copy as illustrated!

Edition:  FIRST EDITION: 1st printing  

TIGHT,  SCARCE   SOFTCOVER  ~  IN  MELBOURNE  ... 

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Remains UNread - it was the display copy instore . It is Tight -  neat, no inscriptions or marks within. Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!!  A nicely preserved copy - superb!

No discernible shelf wear, the interior is tight and spotlessly clean with 248 pages. THIS copy is the FIRST EDITION: Only printing from 2011 - the Australian publishing by Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria. Signed on the title page by Jurrah and his number 24. 

There are many fantastic color nd black and white photographic illustrations.

SCARCE title - this is an  UNread   SIGNED  copy!!

In original illustrated  SOFTcover binding, in publisher's glossy covers which are in excellent condition. 

A great piece of Melbourne Demon's memorabilia!   Go DEES!!!

(Stored with 2021!)

Measures approx.  7  x 5¾  inches or 20  x  13cms

SYNOPSIS ....

Thousands of people come to watch particular players because there is something about them that they can connect with and that excites, and Liam is doing just that But he's also showing that he's a great man, a special person. Jimmy Stynes, President of the Melbourne Football Club. Known as the 'Warlpiri Warrior,' the 'Jurrahcane' and 'Cougar,' Liam Jurrah is a rising star of the AFL, known for his startling displays of skill, artistry and the 'deadly' impact of his football ability. But despite Liam's prodigious talent, he is a relative newcomer to the AFL. 

This book tells the incredible journey travelled by Liam, a fully initiated Warlpiri man, from the remote Aboriginal desert community of Yuendumu to the MCG, as the first of his kind to play football at an elite level. Written by the man whose family provided a home for Liam when he first moved to Melbourne, this is the story of how Liam learned about life in the 'big smoke,' his time at Collingwood and his recruitment by Jimmy Stynes and the Melbourne Football club. Along the way the book describes how the author and his family came to understand and treasure the richness of Liam's Warlpiri culture. According to Martin Flanagan "Liam Jurrah is like no the sports story in Australia, and possibly the world, at this time."

About the Author

Bruce Hearn Mackinnon  was born in Melbourne in 1957. He is married and has a son and a stepdaughter. He is a senior lecturer with the School of Management and Marketing at Deakin University and a researcher in the university's Centre for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Community. Bruce is also vice-president of a maverick coterie, the Collingwood Industrial Magpies, an organisation committed to reconciliation between black and white Australia, and which formed a special relationship with the remote Central Australian Aboriginal community of Yuendumu in 2002. This relationship with Yuendumu led to Liam Jurrah first visiting and later living with Bruce and his family in Melbourne, as he pursued his dream of becoming an AFL player. 

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