raymond barrett (1952 – august 2000) was an indigenous australian paralympic athlete left a paraplegic following a car accident. prior to this he was a champion juvenile athlete in able bodied sports. a bronze medalist at the 1972 summer paralympics heidelberg germany, a high achiever at the stoke mandeville games england, commonwealth paraplegic games, national paraplegic and quadriplegic games, fespic games and state selection trials. a sporting complex in the sutherland shire of sydney is named in his honor. the people of this shire were his 'significant others'.