Title Darby McCarthy : against all odds / Lauren Callaway

Published Melbourne : Melbourne Books, 2004

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W'PONDS	798.40092 Mccart Cal/Dma		AVAILABLE

Description xix, 281 pages, [8 pages of plates] ; 24 cm Summary Biography of jockey Richard Laurance (Darby) McCarthy; conditions for, and attitudes to, Indigenous people and McCarthy's early life at Cunnamulla; three years living and working at Yakara Station; first race at age ten; becoming a professional jockey; popularity; career and personal development including controversies, suspension, highlights and difficulties; Darby McCarthy Riding School Notes ISBN prepublication record PB Subject McCarthy, Richard Lawrence (Darby), born 1952 McCarthy, Darby Aboriginal Australian jockeys -- Biography Jockeys -- Australia -- Biography. Horse racing -- Australia -- Biography. Aboriginal Australians -- Biography. Horse racing -- Australia. Genre/Form Biographies. ISBN 1877096156 :

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