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June 28: Evonne Goolagong Cawley with Lila McGuire at Night of Champions, an evening with Evonne Goolagong Cawley AC MBE. The fundraising event and launch of the Evonne Goolagong Cawley Scholarship fund administered through the Australian Tennis Foundation at the Regent Theatre on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Photo by TENNIS AUSTRALIA/ HAMISH BLAIR Tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley with actor Lila McGuire, who will play her in the forthcoming ABC miniseries Goolagong, at Saturday night’s Night of Champions.

Evonne Goolagong comes face-to-face with her past – and future

The tennis champion met up with West Australian Indigenous actor Lila McGuire, who will play her in the three-part miniseries Goolagong.

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Evonne Goolagong Cawley holds daughter Kelly after winning a tournament in 1978.

The tennis-superstar mum: It’s the birth of a new era – almost

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Indigenous sporting legends Johnathan Thurston and Evonne Goolagong Cawley have endorsed the Voice in the official Yes case, while the No case was led by Indigenous frontbencher Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

Yes and No cases draw battle lines on Indigenous Voice

The Yes case will urge Australians to vote for “unity, hope and to make a positive difference” while the No case twice says, “if you don’t know, vote No”.

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