Patty Mills was born on 11 August 1988 in Canberra, Australia. His
father Benny is from the Torres Strait Islands, and his mother
Yvonne is an Australian Aboriginal originally from the Kokatha
people in South Australia. Patty was born into a family that was
surrounded by basketball. His parents founded Shadows Basketball in
the early 80's, a local Canberra club created to provide a sense of
community, familiarity, and opportunities for Indigenous people
through basketball. Today, Patty plays with the San Antonio Spurs
in the NBA and is the only Indigenous Australian to win an NBA
Championship (2013/14 season). He is also a triple Olympian
(Beijing '08, London '12, Rio de Janeiro '16) and currently
represents the Australian Boomers.
Dr Jared Thomas is a Nukunu person of the Southern Flinders Ranges,
an Arts Development Officer at Arts, South Australia and an
Indigenous Literacy Foundation ambassador. Jared's play Flash Red
Ford toured Uganda and Kenya in 1999 and his play Love, Land and
Money featured during the 2002 Adelaide Fringe Festival. Jared's
young adult novel, Sweet Guy, was shortlisted for the 2009 South
Australian People's Choice Awards for Literature and his children's
book, Dallas Davis, the Scientist and the City Kids is published by
the Oxford University Press Yarning Strong series. His YA novels,
Songs that Sounds Like Blood (2016) and Calypso Summer (2014) are
published by Magabala Books. Jared's writing explores the power of
belonging and culture. He lives in Adelaide with his partner and
two daughters.
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