Alone on the Soaks - The life and times of Alec Kruger - Alec Kruger and Gerard Waterford

Snatched from his mother at three. Institutionalised for seven years. Sent to work at ten. Never paid, barely fed. Alec Kruger, a child of mixed Aboriginal descent, survived the loneliness and bullies of a stolen childhood to become a drover, an army recruit, footy player and and a plaintiff in the High Court of Australia.

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