Aussie netball star Donnell Wallem refuses to back down after being sent vile message in the post: ‘I will NEVER stop advocating for my people’

Donnell Wallam has insisted she will not back down after being accused of costing the Australian Diamonds $15million in sponsorship.

Wallam, 30, sparked a firestorm in October 2022 when she revealed she was uncomfortable with sporting the Hancock Prospecting logo on the Diamonds jersey due to racist comments by the company founder, Lang Hancock, almost four decades ago.

Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person and the daughter of Lang, heads the company and decided to pull the plug on the firm’s $15million sponsorship deal with the team, plunging Netball Australia into financial crisis. 

In the years since the row, Wallam has lost her place in the team and has faced Wallam has copped vile remarks on social media.

But she revealed on Wednesday that she has not been targeted solely on social media, sharing a letter from a woman called ‘Mary’ titled ‘Being Influenced By Radical Aboriginals’.

Daily Mail Australia has chosen not to publish the full letter, in which Wallam was told to ‘hang her head in shame’ and that she is ‘a disgrace to the Noongar Tribe’ of Perth, Western Australia. 

‘As if the hate online wasn’t enough,’ Wallam said, sharing the letter on her Instagram page.

‘Mary thought she’d send me a letter. I’m beyond disgusted and hurt but I will never stop advocating for my people. Blak, Loud and Proud. ALWAYS.

She took to Instagram to say she will never back down in ‘advocating for my people’

‘Ps: any of Mary’s Noongar friends wanna come claim their sister girl.’

Wallam is a staunch defender of Indigenous rights in Australia and expressed her support of the Yes vote in the referendum last year. 

The Voice Referendum aimed to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution, creating an advisory body to get their input on policies. 

However, the referendum did not succeed, with 60 per cent of Australians voting against the proposal.