Botany School, everyone grew up together: Margaret Slowgrove with Karen Maber

Margaret Slowgrove, speaking with daughter, Karen Maber, recalls how she was asked to speak of her vigoro days at her old school in Botany. Vigoro was a popular girls sport, similar to cricket, of the times. She also describes how being Aboriginal there was never an issue for her.

Keywords: Identity; childhood; school; sports

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