Nova Peris — the girl who won gold in two sports then got elected to parliament
Leave a reviewYou know those girls who are great at sport? That was Nova. She practised hockey endlessly in her backyard until one day she became the first Indigenous woman to win an Olympic gold medal but she wasn’t finished. She went on to win a gold medal in sprinting, and then took her courage and energy into politics, becoming Australia’s first Indigenous woman to be elected to Federal Parliament.
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You know those girls who are great at sport? That was Nova. She practised hockey endlessly in her backyard until one day she became the first Indigenous woman to win an Olympic gold medal but she wasn’t finished. She went on to win a gold medal in sprinting, and then took her courage and energy into politics, becoming Australia’s first Indigenous woman to be elected to Federal Parliament.
Written and narrated by 10-year-old Sibella Collins.
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