Jeanette Edwards
In this submission, Jeanette Edwards-Thomas, a resident of Bairnsdale, talks about her parents, her three children, and her five grandchildren. She recounts her childhood experiences of moving around different places and her time in Minlaton as a young girl, where she and her siblings were placed in a cell. She reflects on the activities they did in Minlaton and the confusion they felt during that time.
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