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From cluster fencing to abstract art: Two graduates share their outback tale Ben and Jayde Chandler know all too well the devastation wrought by Australia’s endless drought. Both grew up just 30 minutes out of Barcaldine in Queensland and travelled to Victoria to study their Diploma of Agribusiness at Marcus Oldham College. They now run a cattle and sheep enterprise with their four children in the same town where they were raised. But despite their serendipitous love story, the arid landscape they call home is a formidable place to make a living. So it’s even more remarkable that not only has the pair used their farming nous to drive away wild dogs and diversify their livestock, but Jayde’s artistic flair blossomed in a land where such things rarely grow.
Photo: Maddie Brown Photography
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