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Episode 117

117: Life after war and what 88-year-old rural advocate Pat Fennell did with twenty quid

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In 1959 Pat Fennell (OAM) moved to a remote property that was bought by her husband's family under a ballot system after the first world war; they had just 20 quid in their pocket. Pat is an incredible woman so strap yourself in! She's been a disgraced divorcee in an era of inequality for women, a single mum, a working mum, a fierce advocate for the live export industry and for remote health. Oh, and she retired, then unretired at the age of 66. She has seen and done so much in her extraordinary 88 years. This is her story.

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