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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Evonne Goolagong
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  • Epigraph:
    From 1953 my family lived in a white town, and from 1966 I lived in a white society, but the former didn't make us white, and the latter never made me anything other than what I am - a proud Aboriginal woman, a Wiradjuri Koori.
    - Evonne Cawley (nee Goolagong), 1993
  • Australian of the Year 1971

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    y separately published work icon Australians of the Year : Celebrating 50 Years of Remarkable Achievement Wendy Lewis (editor), Sydney : Murdoch Books , 2010 Z1748805 2010 anthology biography 'This book celebrates this milestone 50th anniversary by taking a close up look at the lives of each recipient and revealing talented and admirable role models Australia can be proud of. Among a fascinating collection of scientists, sportspeople, entertainers, doctors, leaders, soldiers and environmentalists you will meet opera diva Dame Joan Sutherland, war hero Sir Ernest Edward Weary' Dunlop and outstanding athlete Catherine Freeman.' Source: Libraries Australia. (Sighted 09/12/2010). Sydney : Murdoch Books , 2010 pg. 77-82
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