A notable person is somebody who is worthy of attention or notice and Adam Goodes fits these Criteria perfectly. The two-time Brownlow medal winner has revolutionized the AFL but his impact goes beyond the field. Adam Goodes is an indigenous man of Adnyamathanha and Narungga descent. 

I chose to do Adam because of what he has done for the indigenous community and how he proved Australia wrong. Goodes defied all odds by going pro and becoming an AFL star but before this, he was just a small scrawny kid from South Australia but if you got to know him you would realise how deep his ties with adversity really were, from a young age he was discriminated against. He never had an easy road, he shared this characteristic with his mother who was a part of the stolen generation which lasted from 1910 to 1960. 

A defining moment in his career came after the roughest game of his life, this game wasn’t rough on the pitch but rather in the stands. All you could hear was booing and shouting all directed straight to Adam, this was yet another showing of the racism that he endured before and during his playing career. At this moment he didn’t stay quiet and ignore the crowd, he instead stood deathly still, lifted up his jersey, and pointed at the colour of his skin. This brave act of rebellion symbolised what he and the other First Nation People of Australia felt for the last 300 years Adam wasn’t scared to show his true colours and he wanted everybody else to feel the same way, he embraced his culture and chose not to hide it. 

After Adam Goodes was done with kicking a ball through two poles he continued to work for equality by starting the GO foundation with his teammate and close friend Michael O’ Loughlin, together this foundation empowered young indigenous children to become whatever they wanted to be and now in 2021, their foundation has expanded to 26 schools and 5 universities.