Patty Mills, First Indigenous Australian Olympic Flag Bearer
7/7/2021
History was made as Australia announced their flag bearers for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.
The Australian Olympic Team will be represented by four-time Olympians Patty Mills and Cate Campbell at the Opening Ceremony. Mills will become the first Indigenous Australian to carry the flag into the Olympic Games.
Mills stated during the live broadcast, “As a proud Kokatha, Naghiralgal and Dauareb-Meriam man it’s incredible,”.
“As the first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flag bearer my connection between our country - the land, the sky, the sea, our culture, our history and this particular moment runs extremely deep.”
