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An Aboriginal woman standing among a group of colourful graves with mosaic headstones.

"Every day, I sat on my back verandah, and I just cried,"
Ms Kerwin said.

An Aboriginal woman standing with her hand on her chest in a cemetery surrounded by colourful grave stones

"I feel it represents the brokenness of how you feel about that loved one, but you're joining the pieces back together [and] trying to heal."
A group of headstones decorated with colourful tiles in a cemetery.

An Aboriginal man standing with his hands on two headstones decorated with colourful tiles.

An Aboriginal man in a suit smiling in front of a graphic

"I'd like to see it go Australia-wide … a lot of Aboriginal communities need this program,"
she said.
A grave with a headstone made of mosaic on a cement slab with a cross and ornaments decorating it.

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