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it’s all a yarn

For Emma Donovan, moving to Melbourne in the middle of the pandemic was a “now or never” moment. She'd been living in Western Sydney for five years, drawn there by her late mother’s ill health and her mob based in New South Wales. It might have been easier to stay put with her two young daughters, Jirriga, 5, and Kwilena, 3, but Emma felt called to her creative home.

“I’ve always wanted to come back to

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