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Allen Brooker, ocean of calm

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The RMS Himalaya, the steamship on which Allen and his family sailed to Australia in 1968. Photo: Museums Victoria Photo by Contributed

Allen Brooker was an 11-year-old boy when he and his family put Essex’s Tilbury Docks in their wake and set sail for Australia. It would be the last time Allen would see his land of birth until 2017. By then, he would recognise little of what remained.

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