Gurruwiwi was born in north-east Arnhem Land and is one of a group of eight siblings. She is the first cousin of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. Gurruwiwi moved to Bendigo at 18 months of age in order to have a better education. She learnt English in school there, having previously only spoken an Indigenous language. At the age of 12 she spent 6 months in hospital with pneumonia, which severely reduced her lung capacity. This prevented her from ever playing sports or singing professionally, which had been her ambitions, and eventually led to her choice of a career in the media.
Gurruwiwi also overcame significant self-esteem issues stemming from bullying in order to find a place for herself in the public eye. Aug Leila Gurruwiwi on Too Deadly 2. That was hilarious. And just the tongue-tied, twisted words that come out sometimes make tears roll down your eyes. We're constantly poking and prodding and having fun with each other. The opportunities it gives young people.
Here are these boys having their dreams fulfilled. And I love how the fans feel about the game and how passionate they are - and the joy it brings them. Not really.
There'd at least still be the theatre, but footy is Melbourne, isn't it? It'd be a boring place. It's funny when you occasionally meet someone who says they don't follow a team, your initial thought is, "Really?
You want everyone to relax and enjoy a game, but some people feel the need to scream and yell and swear and carry on. Being a mum and a teacher, I wish sometimes there was an area where you could take your kids and not have to worry about the boisterous nature of some people. I remember going with Dad and sharing that moment. I still remember looking up at him and thinking it was so great I was there with him, and him cheering and me trying to join in.
They do. One little girl came into the library, where I teach literacy, with a love heart and it pinned to her jumper. It was very cute. A lot of them yell across the yard: "Saw you on Marngrook" or: "Saw you in the paper. I'm from the Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu tribe from the west coast of South Australia, mainly around Ceduna area. I grew up and did kindy there and moved to Adelaide for Dad's work soon after. I moved to Melbourne in my early 20s. My Dad's actually buried in Bookabie near Ceduna where he grew up.
I try to get back there as much as I can but it's a long way. Facebook's my friend in terms of talking to my cousins every day. Did you enjoy your time as a WAG? It's funny. That term wasn't around then. I was just a footballer's girlfriend. I was very naive to the whole situation. Being an Adelaide girl, I had no idea what it was all about.
It had its moments. It was odd when you went out and got recognised , but we were still able to go to somewhere like Doncaster shopping centre. A lot has changed. Nathan was on the show recently. I ran into him at the Logies and said, "Why haven't you been on? Everything's good. He's married to his beautiful wife, Tania, and he's got kids and I've got my gorgeous husband and son, so everything's worked out. The producers had been looking for footballers' wives and girlfriends to be in a big band on the show and were told that Nicole Crosisca, wife of ex-Magpie Gavin and I could sing and had been seen embarrassing ourselves at karaoke.
So we auditioned and they said, "Yes, you can sing well enough, in you come". We were called the Magettes. Good lord. It was fun, but I didn't see it as a stepping stone to more TV. That's a little embarrassing. We met in the taxi line at former Richmond pub The Depot.
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