Nova Peris Kneebone!......

                 is a famous aboriginal athletic and  hockey player.  Nova Peris Kneebone was born in Nova Peris which is in Darwin

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. She was born on the 25th of February 1971. She was the first aboriginal star to win a gold medal in the Olympics and she was the first Northern Territorian too. She was a member of Australia's World Cup she also represented Australia in hockey 1993-1996. 
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At school, Nova loved running events and long jump but she tried to concentrate on her hobby, hockey.  Nova Peris first met her parnter while she was training on the track and decided to get married to him. Nova spends a great deal of time promoting Aboriginal culture and speaking  on behalf of her people.  Nova is going to carry the torch for the Olympics 2000.    Nova won a gold metal at the Common wealth games too.

 

 

By Tess and Tegan

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