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Jul 2019
35m 19s

2. Broken Dreams

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About this episode

Margaret leaves home with dreams of love, marriage and babies. She's keen to begin her adult life in a new town. But homesickness and the reality of day-to-day life wear her down.



Credits:

Presenter / Investigative Crime Journalist - Paula Doneman

Producer / Writer - Sally Eeles

Sound Design - Marc Wright

TV reporter - Mackenzie Ravn

Graphics - Jason Blandford


With thanks to:

The team at 7 News Brisbane, Annette Caltabiano, Georgia Done, Letitia Wallace, Susan Bush, Alex Wright Media, The Daily Mercury and Mackay City Council Library.


Music credits

Theme: The Clock is Ticking - Dark Orb Music


Tea Time by GoSoundtrack http://www.gosoundtrack.com/

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Sawdust by Silent Partner is licensed under a  Creative Commons License

https://soundcloud.com/silentpartnermusic/sawdust


SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw 

https://audionautix.com


Music from https://filmmusic.io

"Truth in the Stones" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)


HAPPY UKULELE by Jason Shaw

https://audionautix.com


Music from https://filmmusic.io

"The House of Leaves" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)


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