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I was focused on becoming the first Aboriginal tennis champion. Then one remark changed something in me
The Guardian Australia
September 26, 2026
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<p>As a teenager in Sydney, the would-be Wimbledon champion was working towards a singular goal when an act of racism shattered her naivety</p><p>It was a regular match. Until it wasn’t. In 1969, I was 17 and had been living in Sydney with my tennis coach, Vic Edwards, and his fami
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