Olyroos at Tokyo 2020 – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

The captain of Australia’s Soccer team (Olyroos) is a South Sudanese refugee by name Thomas Deng. Here, former Socceroo Craig Foster believes Thomas Deng’s journey from a Kenyan refugee camp to leading Australia’s men’s football team at the Tokyo Olympics highlights the “confronting dichotomy” of the nation’s attitude towards refugees.

	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.