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Cousins just scintourose and Mona Lisa Smith had been inseparable since childhood.

The two girls were just one year apart in age and grew up close to one another in the small

town of Burke, located in central northern New South Wales.

Cousinsour who was the younger of the two was better known by her nickname of Cindy.

She was born on October 23, 1972 and was the youngest of seven children, with four brothers

and two sisters.

Cindy lived with her mother, Iona Dawn Smith and her siblings in a house on the east side

of town.

She was often looked after by her brother Lloyd, who was seven years her senior.

Mona Lisa's family resided on an Aboriginal reserve named the Aller said Woods Village,

which was located about 2 and a half kilometres west of Burke.

And by locals as the reserve, the Aller said Woods Village consisted of 20 cottages, which

were run down and overcrowded.

It was entirely populated by indigenous Australians from two families, the Edwards and the Smiths.

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