Product Overview
Please note: This study guide contains two versions – a full-colour guide and a text-only version for printing and referencing.
Goolagong is a three-part event miniseries based on the inspiring true-life story of world champion tennis player Evonne Goolagong, one of Australia’s most beloved female sporting heroes.
In 1958, a skinny Aboriginal seven-year-old peered through the wire fence of the Barellan tennis courts, longing to play the sport she instinctively knew was her game. That longing would drive her to become one of Australia’s most decorated sportswomen, winning fourteen Grand Slam titles (including Wimbledon twice), overcoming harassment from her coach, recovering from a career-ending injury to defeat her great rival and becoming the world number one in women’s tennis. She remains the only mother of the modern era to have won Wimbledon. In the time of burgeoning black rights and women’s liberation, Evonne proved to herself, her people, and the world that she was a true champion.
Curriculum Links
Goolagong is relevant to the students in Years 9-12 in the learning areas of:
- The Arts (Media Arts)
- English
- HASS (History)
- Health and PE
It also relates to the General capabilities:
- Personal and social capability
- Intercultural understanding
- Ethical understanding
- Critical and creative thinking
- Literacy
- As well as the Cross-curriculum priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Key themes/topics explored:
- The pressure of elite sport
- Power, control and exploitation in elite sport
- Gender, motherhood and sexism
- Family and connection
- Racism, representation and visibility
- Resilience
- Success
