CHARLES PERKINS

SOCCER CAREER

• He played for everton in the bpl ( barclays premier league)
• Trained for liverpool and manchester united in the bpl
• On return to Australia he played for adelaide croatia
• And Sydney pan hellienic clubs

WHO WAS HE?

• An aboriginal activist
• A talented soccer player
• First graduated aboriginal person
• Manager of the Foundation of Aboriginal Affairs
• Real name was Charles Nelson Perkins

FAMILY

• His mother name was Arrente
• His fathers name was Kalkadoon
• His wifes name was Eileen
• His children are Hetti, Rachel, and Adam

SPECIAL SKILLS

• Talented soccer player
• Public speaker
• Public servant
• Political leader
• Administrator

WHERE

• He was born in Alice Springs
• He was educated from the university of Sydney
• And St Francis House Adelaide
• Died in Sydney
• Charles Perkins has his own centre in the University of Sydney

WHEN?

• He was born on 16 June 1936
• He died on 19 October 2000
• He left school at the age of 15
• Taken to Adelaide when he was very young
• Approximately 1965 he graduated

WHAT?

• He was taken from the aboriginal reserve when he was 10
• First graduated Aboriginal
• He was manager of the Fondation of Aboriginal Affairs
• Made worldwide headlines
• He predicted that the Sydney olympics would be violent

WOULD CHARLES PERKINS BE ADMIRED TODAY

• Yes because he was a worldwide great soccer player
• Very courageous
• A great political leader
• Spent a lot of time to the public
• And through the tough still believed

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