From Polly to Pavlich, a remote possibility increases

By Peter Hanlon
Updated November 14 2015 - 12:08am, first published November 13 2015 - 11:29pm
Kevin Fernando on Melville Island.  Photo: Glenn Campbell
Kevin Fernando on Melville Island. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Team training at Tiwi College at Pickataramoor on Melville Island. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Team training at Tiwi College at Pickataramoor on Melville Island. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Players test out their skills at Tiwi College. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Players test out their skills at Tiwi College. Photo: Glenn Campbell

On Bathurst Island there's a local in his 50s who's known to all as Polly Farmer. "I couldn't even tell you his real name, and I've known him forever," says Brian Clancy, secretary of the education board that runs Tiwi College on adjacent Melville Island.

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