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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Joy for Jim as Helicopter Kid Turns Up 50 Years On
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More than half a century after plucking a sick Aboriginal boy from the vast desert interior of Western Australia, helicopter pilot Jim Ferguson has learned that the boy survived to become a respected artist who still paints today.

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    y separately published work icon The Australian 5 June 2008 Z1683554 2008 newspaper issue 2008
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