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Tom Wills

Presenter(s)
Greg de Moore
Start
Wednesday 20 Apr 2011 - 8:00pm
Finish
Wednesday, 20 April 2011 - 10:00pm
Location
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne
Entry fee
Members free; non-members $5.00

Tom Wills statue in Yarra ParkTom Wills statue in Yarra ParkTom Wills, a star cricketer, is credited with creating the game of Australian Rules Football to keep members of the cricket team fit over the winter months.  But there was much more to his life than just sport.  Greg de Moore will tell us his extraordinary story. 

Greg's biography, Tom Wills, His Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall, was, among other honours, short listed for the National Biography Awards 2009.

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