[Vnbiz] Australia's First ever Aboriginal Championship Captain

[Duyen Nguyen]

Hi anh Shane,
Thankyou for your information.
I think that Aborigines should also be proud of Kathy Freeman, too? She is a
symbol of Sydney Olympic 2000?
best regards


On 2/24/08, Shane Wall <shane.wall at translingualexpress.com> wrote:
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> Hi CACC,
>   It will not mean very much to most people around the world, but
> history was made in Australia today, Sunday 24 February 2008.
>
>   The Newcastle Jets won their first ever Australian Soccer League
> Championship today, beating the Central Coast Mariners 1-0. A jubilant
> result for the working-class mining community of the regional NSW city
> of Newcastle, but an even greater triumph for Aboriginal Australians.
>
>   Aboriginal Australians have displayed exceptional sporting talent and
> prowess for eons. All along, we white Australians have "ridden on their
> backs" to share their glory. World famous names like boxer Tony Mundine
> or Cathy Freeman the runner, to strictly Australian heroes like Sidney
> Jackson and Graham Pollack - both Australian Football legends, to names
> that straddle many areas, like Anthony Mundine (son of Tony) who made a
> name for himself in the game of Rugby League, has since gone on to
> become a World Champion boxer like his dad - and who many white
> Australians "love to hate" because of his perceived public personality.
>
>   Ladies and Gentleman, add one more name to the great pantheon of
> Aboriginal sporting glory - Jade North.
>
>   Who? Just the FIRST EVER Aboriginal Australian to be Captain of a
> Championship winning team. In any sport. Ever! That's who!
>
>   I humbly suggest that Aboriginal Australia should be proud of this
> young man. I watched the game on TV here in Vietnam. It was a sometimes
> 'fiesty' affair. This young Aboriginal man led his fellow
> Greek-Australian, Italian-Australian, Anglo-Australian, etc. teammates
> to the ultimate glory in his sport. He may not have the
> headline-grabbing prodigious talent of others in his game, but he has
> something that most of us do not: born leadership qualities. It was
> totally obvious that he had the unquestioning loyalty and respect from
> his teammates.
>
>   During the game this young man sometimes appeared authoritarian and
> sometimes was obviously conciliatory to his teammates. However,
> throughout the 90 minutes, there was never any doubt about who was the
> leader of Newcastle Jets on the pitch - Jade North!
>
>   Although I am an Adelaide supporter, I congratulate Newcastle on
> their triumph and I applaud and acknowledge Jade North as another
> Aboriginal Sporting Icon. Congratulations Jade! Congratulations
> Aboriginal Australia!
>
>   For my Vietnamese brothers and sisters, this is equivalent to an E'de
> person (or any other ethnic minority) being the captain of the Champion
> team in the Vietnam Football League. It is a BIG achievement that will
> largely be unrecognized by the majority population.
>
> Shane
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With best regards

Nguyen Van Duyen
Master of Environment Law (Sydney)
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