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    Finding my way

    Jul 29, 2021 3 minutes

    I was born in Cape Town -South Africa in 1967. With Dad working in the Prison Services we moved a few times and ended up in a town called Witbank in the Transvaal, (now called Mapumalanga) where I grew up, got married and had my children, Jean and Schenelle. We immigrated in 1996 to New Zealand and then move to Australia in 2000 where we now live in Wishart, South East Queensland.

    Art and craft have always been a part of my life. I am a bit shy and find it hard

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