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as posted by the channelBulong, Western Australia, was once a thriving mining community boasting its own school, a courthouse, a general store and numerous houses among the trees.
By 1970 however, everything and everyone in Bulong had gone. That is, everyone except Hilda Jarvis.
A lifelong resident of Bulong – her father was once mayor – Hilda lived alone on a remote property caring for her beloved family of goats.
When drought hit and the government reclassified the goats as vermin, things began to change for Hilda.
This episode of ABC’s This Day Tonight aired on 25 November 1970.
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