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Life on the Land
A century ago, much of Australia lived and worked on the land. These stories take you to dairy farms in Victoria's Western District, sugarcane fields in far north Queensland, a farm on the Yorke Peninsula and the strawberry patches of Wandin.
Merle grew up on a dairy farm lit by kerosene lamps. Julia rode a horse to school and met her husband on the cane farm. Marge was raised in a country pub in Casino, and Jose left England to see 'the real Australia' in the outback. Uncle Wes remembers his grandfather teaching him to hunt in southwest Queensland.
It's a way of life that has largely disappeared.
