What a ‘forgotten’ Torres Strait Island Paralympian teaches us about representation, achievement and history
- Written by Alistair Harvey, UQ Amplify Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
The full significance of Harry Mosby’s silver-medal win in the men’s discus at the 1976 Paralympic Games in Canada was unrecognised for 45 years: Paralympics Australia thought he was a Western Australian.
In truth, Mosby was a Torres Strait Islander from Masig (Yorke Island), one of around 600 Islander men who worked to support his...
