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Part 2: Immigrant, farmer, widow, diamond dealer, author and mother

Frauke bolten-Boshammer diamond in the dust

Driven by her husband Friedrich's dream of a farm in Australia, Frauke Bolten-Boshammer found herself in 1981 with four small children as the only German family in a tiny village in northern Western Australia, in Kununurra. But the longed-for success did not materialize, and Friedrich took his own life.


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By Katharina Loesche

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Driven by her husband Friedrich's dream of a farm in Australia, Frauke Bolten-Boshammer found herself in 1981 with four small children as the only German family in a tiny village in northern Western Australia, in Kununurra. But the longed-for success did not materialize, and Friedrich took his own life.



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