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- Title
- Big Billy Ridgeway 1907-69: the legend of a local cricket hero of Karuah, New South Wales
- Author/Creator
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Perry, Joe;
Ramsland, John
- Institution
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
- Description
- There is an opinion that racism in Australia bypasses sporting champions of Aboriginal descent; that success in sport as Colin Tatz puts it is both an 'avenue of social mobility', a road out of discrimination and a pathway to equality. But is this so on the local scene or in a particular region? This question is examined through the prism of the life and times of William James Ridgeway, a legendary cricketer of the Karuah Aboriginal Reserve - known commonly as the Mission, and to local Aboriginal community as the 'Mish'.
- Relation
- Baggy Green: Journal of Australian Cricket Vol. 12, Issue 1, p. 47-57
- Date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Baggy Green
- Keyword(s)
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William Ridgeway;
racism;
cricket;
Aborigines;
Karuah, N.S.W.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/809179
- Identifier
- ISSN:1441-5194
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