That would be Catherine Freeman, who was known at the time of her Olympic success as Cathy Freeman. Cheers, John
On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 11:50 +0100, Paddy Apling wrote: > I have received the following link from a local and family history mailing > list > http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/whodoyouthinkyouare/feature-episode/page/i/1/show/whodoyouthinkyouare > the episode about Olympic gold-medallist Christine Freeman, which is well > worth watching. > > Christine's ancestors include indigenous Australians and 19th-century > immigrants from China and from apprenticeship, under semi-slavery conditions, > in rural England, the injustices suffered by all of them are uncovered in the > investigation of her fanily tree. > > The programme is a moving and excellent hour of social history, seldom laid > so clearly bare, of the injustices sufferered by the poort and the indigenous > peoples of the areas of the world of !Ango-Saxon" settlement. > > (Whether the link works in USA, only list members can tell me - but it works > fine in UK). > > Paddy > http://apling.freeservers.com > ________________________________________________ > YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > Send list submissions to: [email protected] > Set your options at: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/johnedmundson%40paradise.net.nz ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
