March 2019 Non-Fiction Lead Titles

My Longest Round Wally Carr, Gaele Sobot

My Longest Round
Wally Carr, Gaele Sobot


Paperback | Mar 2019 | Magabala Books | 9781921248504 | 240pp | 198x128mm | GEN | AUD$24.99, NZD$29.99

I've been fighting since the day I was born. No, I've been fighting from the time I was curled up inside my mother's belly. The day my father shot himself in the head, that's when my fight started. — Wally Carr

The life story of Australian and Commonwealth champion boxer Wally Carr. A powerful biographical story about the journey of a young Wiradjuri boy, Wally Carr, escaping the dreaded Aboriginal Welfare Board – a journey from the heartbreak and crushing loneliness of childhood to the mean streets of Sydney's Redfern. From hunting goannas, Jimmy Sharman's boxing tents, rugby league, professional boxing and the first Aboriginal Tent Embassy, to present-day struggles and lifestyles, My Longest Round offers a vital snapshot of Aboriginal and Australian history.