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Great-grandmother who didn't go to high school graduates from uni at the age of 73

Sharon Sutton's dream has finally come true. She says she already misses university "terribly". (ABC Sunshine Coast: Josh Dye)

Sharon Sutton grew up so poor that she went to primary school barefoot and couldn't attend high school because she had to work from the age of 12 to support her family.

Six decades later, the 73-year-old great-grandmother is graduating from university.

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