Robert's Story
19/12/1947 –
Robert Carney, from Innisfail in north Queensland, boxed in the flyweight division at Mexico City 1968. Robert and Joey Donovan were the only indigenous members of the Australian team at Mexico City.
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The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
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