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Six decades ago, 'the brides’ plane' brought young, single, Catholic domestic workers under Plan Marta - a migration agreement between the governments of Australia and Spain, bolstered by the Catholic Church. While the young 'Martas' were following their dreams of a better life, what they didn’t know was that they were to be married off to other Spanish migrants who had previously arrived to work in the cane fields.

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