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You said :) -' But in the spirit of sharing, shouldn’t we all be a bit more vulnerable, a bit less certain and open to learning another side to our stories?'

Exactly Jane I believe it's the only way to closing Any Gap

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Btw...love David Marr's work...and beaut he has Philip Adam's LNL ol spot🎙🎬🗞📰🐾🐱😎

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Hi Jane...an idea... Mccaillef's SBS Origin Odyssey...you could perhaps ask the needed questions on a series two show...and have some smiley fun at the same time...🎃

...on a more serious note...totally understand where ur coming from... the abadonment can happen on all sides of the love game...😔

Beaut story.

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Wow, @Jane Hutcheon. Whelp. Let's start with "Did you die in peace?" That puts it out there and sets the tone. You're absolutely right. You have to ask the questions and contextualize, in order to understand, and repair.

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I feel well aware of my white privileged and the white privileged of my forebears. Not quite willing to cast as villains but accept I need to view history critically. It is a challenge to get the balance right and not be anachronistic when thinking about the past.

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Hi a very similar story to my husband’s family. My brother in law wrote a novel about their great great grandfather migrating from China to work in the cane fields in Queensland. He went on to marry a Scottish woman.

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