PHOTO: Pam Simpson has called Bourke home since 1957. (Image: Noel Fisher, The Western Herald, Bourke)
Bourke local Pam Simpson thought the telephone call announcing recognition of her work in the community with an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) was a hoax when she first received it.
“They said they’d send through the paperwork in the coming weeks. The papers came in about two weeks and that’s when I believed it,” Mrs Simpson said, after she was awarded her OAM on Australia Day...
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