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Coronial inquiry to begin in Bourke next week 35 years after two local teenage deaths

05/12/2023 by The Coonamble Times

PHOTO: The coronial inquiry will began on Monday at the Bourke Court House. (Image: Visit NSW)

The following article contains names and images of people who have died.

Next week will mark the beginning of a coronial inquiry in Bourke, seeking justice for the Smith family 35 years after two young cousins were found dead. 

The bodies of local Indigenous girls Jacinta Rose Smith and Mona Lisa Smith were 15 and 16, respectively, when they were found near a smashed ute north of Bourke on the Mitchell Highway in 1987…

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