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Fred Leftwich is the son of Julia Leftwich (q.v.) a Wujal Wujal and Kuku-Yalanji woman. Leftwich's father placed him in Yarrabah dormitories for a couple of months then took him out when they left Yarrabah in 1924 to avoid having any more children sent to the dormitories. His father had gotten an exemption ticket so that Leftwich and his siblings could not be taken away by the authorities. Leftwich started work around the age of thirteen or fourteen. His first job was on a cane farm, where he cut the cane, and used a horse and plough to cultivate the land. Leftwich was active in the Assemblies of God church.