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Worldly And Wise
BELIEVE IT OR not, there was once a time when one had to travel overseas to gain experience in order to be taken seriously back home in Australia. This bias affected numerous professions and career trajectories. “What country did you work in after gr
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A Role To Play
PLAYING THE WIFE of a farmer may be Leila McDougall’s first-ever acting role, but she’s got plenty of real-life experience under her belt. The former high-school teacher, mother of two and wife to farmer Sean lives on a 1214-hectare sheep and cattle
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Welcome Letter
I WAS BORN in Kyogle, did some of my primary schooling in Byron Bay and went to high school in Lismore. In all three towns, Norco loomed large. Established in 1895 in Byron Bay, Norco was the place we walked to from Nan’s house in Kyogle to buy flavo