Darby In a Life Time Geoffrey Booth

Darby, through his post racing career, become a mentor for many young people wanting to attain a position in the racing industry and beyond supporting their endeavours through incentive and educational programs specifically initialled by Darby McCarthy, who was an accredited adviser to the University of Southern Queensland and has an honorary doctorate for this work

Racing Victoria has a scholarship for young Indigenous horsemen and women in Darby McCarthy honour.

Throughout Darby Lifetime, he has been the advocate for many women in sport.

Cathy Freeman being one of whom Darby mentored with knowledge he gained on the national and international scene in his extraordinary career.

This story covers these topics

• Rural and Regional
• Equality
• History
• People of Colour
• Employment
• Indigenous
• Racism
• Sports
• Diet and Exercise

Throughout Darby McCarthy fascinating life journey Darby came up against all of these issues, and he was able to confront and rise above to become the man, the Aboriginal man who he was, he was always an Aboriginal, and Darby would publicly confront anyone who did not recognise his authenticity and say Darby McCarthy the Aboriginal Jockey, that was Richard Laurance “Darby” McCarthy.

The Darby McCarthy PROJECT “In a Life Time”.
https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/darby-mccarthy-project-in-a-life-time-working-title/