For the second summer in a row, David Warner donned a black armband and scored an emotional century in the first Test.
Warner's heart was broken by the death of close friend Phillip Hughes in 2014.
Warner memorably noted his "little mate was down the other end" at Adelaide Oval, where he scored a pair of centuries in his first match since Hughes' death.
On Thursday he strode to the middle of the Gabba two and a half weeks after his uncle Ray died due to liver cancer.
Warner looked to the skies when he reached three figures against New Zealand, opening up after stumps about his father's brother.
"I know he's watching up there and I know he'll be proud," Warner said after his knock of 163.
"We'll miss him greatly, he was so proud of just our family in general - the Warner family.
"That's a legacy he has left behind that I'm going to try and keep rolling on."
Warner described his uncle as someone with "a lot of energy".
"He always rings my old man in the morning to see if I've got some tips for the horses," he said.
"Which sometimes isn't too good for him. But look he was just a character.
"It was a tough stage through the back end of England, just before i came back - I was lucky to actually come back and see him."
Warner also spoke of how satisfied he was to see Usman Khawaja post his maiden Test century.
"I couldn't be any more prouder, as a childhood friend growing up with him I know how much it means to him," Warner said.
"It means a lot to his family. Credit to them as well.
"There was a bit of adversity there with his knee and coming back, he really worked hard to get back into this team."
Meanwhile, Warner revealed he apologised to Brendon McCullum after inflicting a painful blow when NZ's captain was fielding under the lid.
"I asked if he wanted a helmet," Warner said.
"When you get a half-tracker like that you try and definitely miss that player. I got him good but I apologised straight away."
Warner shook hands with McCullum and shared a laugh at the time.
Warner had been highly critical of McCullum on Tuesday, when he expressed his anger about a newspaper column the NZ veteran wrote during the Ashes.
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