Born in the Victorian country town of Warragul, the fourth of eight children, her parents had a car dealership and petrol station. When she was 13, the family moved to a farm near Denmark on the south coast of Western Australia.
Hailing from the Victorian rural town of Warragul, she was the fourth of eight children, whose parents operated a car dealership and petrol station. At the age of 13, the family relocated to a farm near Denmark on the southern coast of Western Australia.