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The Discovery of Mr and Mrs ‘X’

The identity of the first white woman to set foot on Phillip Island has finally been revealed

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The Discovery of Mr and Mrs ‘X’
Marj Beaton, with great grandson Jude, is a descendent of Mary Ann Hitchins, the first white woman to set foot on Phillip Island, when she came here with her husband in the 1840s.
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