When you plan your around-Australia itinerary, you’re guided by when and where the footy is on, right? This week the Gaffney-Toose family share a little about what they’ve been up to –
A Tiwi Islands footy adventure
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A visit to the Mangrook Footy Show
Teacher by day, media personality by night, Shelley Ware is host on the Marngrook Footy Show. As part of Kids Fest, Shelley provided tickets to a taping of the show, and some Year 5 boys were the lucky recipients. Damon tells us about the evening – 
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Shelley for Gold!
A week ago I heard a delicious rumour wafting around the playground. One of our teachers, Shelley Ware, had been nominated for a Logie! A quick Google search when I got home revealed the details. Marngrook nominated for Logies.
Shelley is a Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu Aboriginal woman from South Australia and teaches the Literacy Intervention Reading program across the school and Grade 6 one day a week.
But in her other life she is a presenter on the Indigenous footy show, Marngrook, which airs live on NITV and again SBS on Thursdays at 7.30-9.00.
I had to find out more.
Jacqui: So tell me about Marngrook and being on the telly.
Shelley: Marngrook is a family footy show where we talk all things football from an Indigenous perspective. Our main hosts are Grant Hansen and Gilbert McAdam who are hysterical and very insightful about football generally.
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