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The Drover's Wife, Urisino Bore, 1958
Portrait of drover Ronald Kerr, wife Mavis and baby Johnny
Daughter of a North Bourke drover, Mavis Kerr married a shepherd and became a mother at seventeen. While on the road with a mob of 3,700 Merino ewes between Tibooburra and Coonamble, she helped cook for the family droving team.