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A novel based on the life of Tom Wills, the father of Australian football who coached the Aboriginal cricket team that was the first Australian cricket team to tour England. In charting the history of one man's life, it takes the reader to the birth of sport in the country and the dramatic interplay of black and white culture. (Source: One Day Hill website)
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The Call
Sydney
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Currency Press
Playbox Theatre
,
2004
Z1151813
2004
single work
drama
'Sport and identity politics mix in this energetic adaptation for the stage by Bruce Myles of Martin Flanagan's book. The Call tells the story of Tom Wills, who grew up among the Djabwurrung people in Western Victoria during the 1840s. Sent to an exclusive school in England, he returns to Australia with a rallying cry that revolutionised sport in his homeland: 'Let's have a game of our own'! Thus a door to indigenous football is opened, with its own rules, humour and history. Snubbed by the big end of town, this driven and passionate man died at age 44. What was it that killed Tom Wills? The Call offers answers revealing a hidden history of Australian football.'(Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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AFL's Native Roots a 'Seductive Myth'
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 22-23 March 2008; (p. 3) -
Football Is an Enigma
2006
single work
essay
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , vol. 14 no. 4 2006; (p. 8-11) 'Football is an enigma that is deficient in literature. The various football codes' contests are over too soon for rational contemplation and most football literature is ephemeral and often too partisan to justify any claim to a literary canon.' -
Books in Brief
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Blast , Autumn no. 41 2000; (p. 23)
— Review of The Call 1998 single work novel -
"Go Forward Together as Mates"
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 159 2000; (p. 141-143)
— Review of The Call 1998 single work novel -
It's a Heavyweight Title but There's No Punch
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 January 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of The Call 1998 single work novel
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Books in Brief
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Blast , Autumn no. 41 2000; (p. 23)
— Review of The Call 1998 single work novel -
Rules of the Game
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 21 November 1998; (p. 9)
— Review of The Call 1998 single work novel -
The Harder They Call
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 December 1998; (p. 14)
— Review of The Call 1998 single work novel -
It's a Heavyweight Title but There's No Punch
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 January 1999; (p. 8)
— Review of The Call 1998 single work novel -
The Call of the Wills
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1998-1999) no. 207 1998; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Call 1998 single work novel -
Football Is an Enigma
2006
single work
essay
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , vol. 14 no. 4 2006; (p. 8-11) 'Football is an enigma that is deficient in literature. The various football codes' contests are over too soon for rational contemplation and most football literature is ephemeral and often too partisan to justify any claim to a literary canon.' -
AFL's Native Roots a 'Seductive Myth'
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 22-23 March 2008; (p. 3) -
All About a Truly Great Sportsman
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 4 November no. 188 1998; (p. 21)
— Review of The Call 1998 single work novel ''The Call' is based on the life of Thomas Wentworth Wills, the man who brought VFL to Victoria and coached this nation's first all-Aboriginal cricket team...'
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