Paddy’s Road : Life Stories of Patrick Dodson

Dodson went to Monivae College in Western Victoria and was ordained as Australia’s first Aboriginal Catholic priest. He left the church and became the director of the Central Land Council, a Royal Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and chairperson of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. pp. 388 Illustrated #0716/0918/0520/280522 First Edition”Stories of Dodson’s life woven from interviews government archives and family stories. This source material and Keeffe’s social and political analysis uniquely describe the life and the political, cultural and spiritual beliefs of Australia’s first Aboriginal Catholic priest, land rights activist, Royal Commissioner and founder of Australia’s reconciliation movement.”