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EXCLUSIVE: Johnathan Thurston’s ‘awakening’ that changed his life – Wide World of Sports
Reveals Indigenous ‘moment of awakening’ at 27
It took me until I was 27 years of age before I really understood my identity as an Indigenous Australian from Gunggari country.
I always knew I was Aboriginal and celebrated NAIDOC Week but I didn’t know too much more about my family history and our culture.
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Rugby league gave me my moment of awakening during a camp as part of the Indigenous All Stars team in 2010.
Johnathan Thurston after the 2010 All Stars game. (Getty)
As part of that c…
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