The moment the St Kilda player lifted his shirt in response to racist abuse at a 1993 match has now been immortalisedStatue of Indigenous AFL star Nicky Winmar pointing at his skin ready to be unveiledA long-awaited statue of the AFL great Nicky Winmar will be unveiled at the Optus Stadium in Perth next month to commemorate the stand he took against racism. The statue, showing the moment Winmar lifted his shirt after enduring racist abuse from the crowd at a St Kilda-Collingwood match in 1993 and pointed at his skin, will be unveiled on Noongar country at the start of Naidoc week on 6 July. Winmar, a Noongar man, started his professional football career playing for South Fremantle in the Western Australian Football League before being recruited by St Kilda. He said he hoped the statue “encourages more conversations and education about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture. The sports minister, Mick Murray, said transport company Border Express had since offered to deliver it for free.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2019 01:18 UTC