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Hugh McCluggage comes out of his shell
When Hugh McCluggage was six he would spend hours out the back of his family's house near Warrnambool, working on the dairy farm.
When Hugh McCluggage was six he would spend hours out the back of his family's house near Warrnambool, working on the dairy farm.
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