GOOLAGONG, Evonne Fay
1951-
tennis player
born on 31 July 1951 at Barellan in New South Wales.
My name is Evonne Goolagong and I represent ‘Nature’s gifts’ because in 1971, when I was 19, I won the women’s championship at Wimbledon, becoming the first Indigenous Australian to do so.
1901-2001 Centenary of Federation
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1901-2001 Centenary of
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