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Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson by Kevin Keeffe

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February 2004, no. 258

Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson by Kevin Keeffe

Aboriginal Studies Press, $49.95hb, 387pp

Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson by Kevin Keeffe

by
February 2004, no. 258

For many Australians, Patrick Dodson is the guy with the land rights hat and flowing beard. With Paddy‘s Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson, Kevin Keeffe ensures that Dodson will also be remembered for being the first Aboriginal priest and for his contributions to the reconciliation movement.

More a homage than a warts-and-all tale, Keeffe’s tome contains numerous feel-good and funny moments. For example, we learn that Dodson, the so-called ‘father of reconciliation’, was born in a laundry toilet, ‘nearly drowning in the Phenyl used for cleaning the ... pans’; and that Patrick’s grandfather, Paddy Djiagween, claimed his citizenship rights in person. As Patrick explains:

Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson

Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson

by Kevin Keeffe

Aboriginal Studies Press, $49.95hb, 387pp

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