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Myrtle Campbell Myrtle Campbell i(A114100 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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BiographyHistory

In 1930 or 1931 Myrtle Campbell, her three sisters and a friend, were removed from their family at Halls Creek and sent to Katherine and then the Half-Caste Home in Darwin. Campbell and her sisters continually tried to escape from the Kahlin compound but were always returned and punished. Campbell's sister is Maggie Tilmouth.

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