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Health
Stephanie Gardiner

'You've saved our lives': 100 years of caring for kids

Country children enjoy a day at Manly beach, Sydney, as part of a Royal Far West seaside camp. (Supplied by Royal Far West Archive/AAP PHOTOS)

After a childhood marked by family violence, exposure to drug abuse and a school expulsion, a little boy received his first invitation to a birthday party.

The 10-year-old, one of four siblings living with their mother in far west NSW, had found his first best friend.

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