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At about three years of age Loretta Spratt was sent to Hopevale Mission, Queensland, after her mother died. She lived in the Mission dormitory until she was sent to Cooktown in Queensland where she attended school and lived with her Aunty and Uncle. Spratt is the sister of Pamela Hart.