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Family, Farms and Faith: Two Strong Families and Kin launched in Berry

Robert Crawford
Updated October 23 2019 - 8:50am, first published October 21 2019 - 2:30pm
WHAT A STORY: Author Gillian Shadwick (nee Strong) with her husband Ken Olah, Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips, also a Strong family descendant and Berry's Strong family patriarch Ray Strong at the book launch.
WHAT A STORY: Author Gillian Shadwick (nee Strong) with her husband Ken Olah, Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips, also a Strong family descendant and Berry's Strong family patriarch Ray Strong at the book launch.

The incredible journey of six Irish potato farming families who emigrated to Australia in the 1860s and 70s, and now have thousands of descendants across the country, especially in the Shoalhaven, was the focus of a new book launched in Berry at the weekend.

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford

Senior Journalist

Robert Crawford is a senior journalist at the South Coast Register, for Australian Community Media . Everyone's got a story, what's yours? Email robert.crawford@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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