Gripping stories told by people who witnessed history first-hand. Hear what it was like to be a police sniper tasked with handling the gunman at the Port Arthur massacre; how it felt to be a teenager seeing The Beatles during their record-breaking 1964 Adelaide visit; and how one man survived being trapped 1km underground for 14 days after the Beaconsfield mine collapse.
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Gripping stories told by people who witnessed history first-hand. Hear what it was like to be a police sniper tasked with handling the gunman at the Port Arthur massacre; how it felt to be a teenager seeing The Beatles during their record-breaking 1964 Adelaide visit; and how one man survived being trapped 1km underground for 14 days after the Beaconsfield mine collapse.
Nicky Winmar's stand against racism 1993 | Gilbert McAdam
I Was Actually There
28 minutes 30 seconds
1 year ago
Nicky Winmar's stand against racism 1993 | Gilbert McAdam
Former AFL star Gilbert McAdam recalls an incendiary game of footy that was a turning point in the code's history. After the final whistle Gilbert's St Kilda teammate, Nicky Winmar, took a defiant stance — raising his guernsey to proclaim pride in his Aboriginality. The moment was captured in two photographs. Widely published, the images brought the issue of racial abuse in the AFL to the fore. Gilbert reveals his personal story leading up to the incident, and what happened in its aftermath.
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I Was Actually There
Gripping stories told by people who witnessed history first-hand. Hear what it was like to be a police sniper tasked with handling the gunman at the Port Arthur massacre; how it felt to be a teenager seeing The Beatles during their record-breaking 1964 Adelaide visit; and how one man survived being trapped 1km underground for 14 days after the Beaconsfield mine collapse.
