Lydia Williams is an Indigenous Australian soccer player. She grew
up on the red dirt of Western Australia. During her childhood she
travelled with her family to many Aboriginal communities where she
learnt how to play sport with bare feet. Her family taught her how
to live off the land and the values of Indigenous culture; they
even had two pet kangaroos. When her family moved to Canberra,
Lydia started playing soccer competitively as a way to make
friends. Having played soccer for nearly twenty years, she
currently plays for Melbourne City in the W-League. Lydia is the
first-choice goalkeeper for the Australian Matildas.
Lucinda Gifford is the author and illustrator of many well-loved
books for kids. Many years ago, Lucinda studied architecture in
Scotland, where she learned to draw fancy buildings and moody
scenery. She also likes to draw dragons, cats and magical frogs -
despite never having studied witchcraft. Now based in Melbourne,
Lucinda works from a small home studio full of books, plants,
dragons' blood and newts' tongues.
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