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Olga Meredith Masters (1919-1986), author and journalist, was born on 28 May 1919 at Pambula, New South Wales, second of eight children of Joseph Leo Lawler, labourer, and his wife Dorcas Esther Jane, née Robinson, both born in New South Wales. Leo was a Catholic and Dorcas an Anglican. Olga was educated in the south coast area of New South Wales, mostly at state schools, including Cobargo Public School, which she left aged 15.
John Estell (1861-1928), coalminer and politician, was born on 20 June 1861 at Minmi, near Newcastle, New South Wales, third surviving son of English parents Robert Estell, coalminer and later railway...