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composers of his generation and in 2002           In 1995/96 Evonne was a board member of the
accepted the prestigious appointment as           Australian Sports Commission. In July
musician-in-residence with the Melbourne          1997/2001 the Federal Government appointed
Symphony Orchestra - on the basis that Noosa      Evonne as a consultant in the area of
remains semi permanent home.                      Indigenous Sport, forming The Evonne
                                                  Goolagong Sports Trust to review Aboriginal
                           One of Noosa’s most
                                                  sports facilities and raise funds to finance new
                           famous residents is
                                                  facilities and equipment. In 2003 the
                           Evonne Goolagong
                                                  Commission presented her with the Margaret
                           Cawley, MBE, AO,
                                                  Pewtress Memorial Award for her services
                           a          Wiradjuri
                                                  to sport.
                           Aborigine who has
                           been both Australian   In 1998, Tennis Australia made Evonne a
Sportsman of the Year and Australian of           special “Ambassador” and together they
the Year.                                         formed the national Milo Evonne Goolagong
                                                  Getting Started Programme to increase overall
In her glorious tennis career Evonne won 92
                                                  female participation in tennis. Again in 2003,
pro tournaments; was a finalist in 18 Grand
                                                  she is taking this successful programme all
Slam events; won Wimbledon twice, the
                                                  around Australia. Since 1998 the “Goolagong
Australian Open four times, the French Open
                                                  Cup” has been run by the Federation Cup
once and was the runner up four years in
                                                  Foundation in country areas with tennis
succession at the U.S. Open. At her second
                                                  associations sending teams of girls.
Wimbledon triumph in 1980, Evonne became
the first mother to win since Dorothy Lambert     Evonne, husband Roger, sometimes their
Chambers in 1914. She represented Australia       actress daughter Kelly (26) and pro soccer
seven times in the Fed Cup, winning in 1971,      playing son Morgan (22), reside happily at
1973 and 1974 and has been Australia’s Fed        Noosa Heads, where she is the proud patron of
Cup Captain since 2002.                                                     both      the   Noosa
                                                                            Soccer and Tennis
In 1988 Evonne was also inducted into the
                                                                            Clubs.
International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport,
Rhode Island, and the following year into the                               Today            Show
Aboriginal Sporting Hall of Fame.                                           television        food
                                                                            presenter, cookbook
By 1990 she was determined to expand her
                                                                            writer and gourmet
knowledge of her Aboriginal heritage and this,
                                                  chef Peter Howard brought his impressive
along with the death of her mother in 1991,
                                                  palette to live in Noosa in 1999.
prompted the Cawley family to leave their
U.S.A. base in Florida and return to reside in    Over 30 years a mover and shaker in the
Australia. In 1993 Evonne’s autobiography         hospitality industry, he has been involved in all
“Home! The Evonne Goolagong Story” was            facets of the food media : magazine to radio to
published and became an immediate best            television, crafting the occasional cookbook
seller. Today, with Sir William Deane, she is     along the way.
the Co-Patron of Reconciliation Australia.
                                                  Peter Howard is a former President of the Food
At Barcelona in 1992, Evonne became one of        Media Club Australia and has been closely
the first ever international Olympic torch        involved with the Royal Agricultural Society of
bearers and later, at Monte Carlo, was part of    New South Wales (he is a member on the RAS
the successful Sydney 2000 bid. Evonne served     Council) and Sydney’s famous Royal Easter
on   the    National     Indigenous   Advisory    Show for many years. Wearing his Noosa hat
Committee to SOCOG at the Games. In 2003          he has taken on leadership of the Noosa
she received the IOC Women & Sport Trophy         Regional Food Group, while regularly
for her services in those fields.                 commuting to media commitments in Sydney.



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