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Johnathan Thurston says he discovered his mother was part of stolen generations at crunch time in career – The Guardian
A trip in 2010 to her early home helped kick him into gear on the field, NRL great reveals
Johnathan Thurston has revealed that he only discovered his mother was part of the stolen generations halfway through his career, and it helped to change his path in life.
Forever proud of his own Indigenous heritage, the champion rugby league playmaker learned in 2010 the details of his mothers childhood at a crunch time in his career.
Speaking for the first time about the topic, Thurston said that discovery and a trip to her early home in outback Queensland had proved the missing pieces in h…
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