Budjerah grew up in the national spotlight. Now he’s ready to reintroduce himself
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- ▪My dad, my cousins, my brothers, they influenced me in a good way,” he says.“You hear a lot of bad stereotypes about Aboriginal men in particular that aren’t always true.
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