Donna Astill
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Born Tuesday Oct 21 1975 in Melbourne Royal Women's Hospital in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. My mother Maree Dorothy Joy Astill (DOB: 28 Sep 1957 Ouyen Australia ) and father Stephen McGill (6 Dec 1956 Welwyn England) were living in St. Albans, Victoria at the time. At the age of 1 1/2 my parents separated and in October 1983 my mother and her new partner Paul Hewitt moved to Corowa, New South Wales. A little town along the Murray river along the border of NSW & Victoria.
On 27th September 1984 my half-sibling Jasminka Kate Hewitt was born at Corowa Hospital. Paul died 1991 and Maree moved to Melbourne 1995.
I moved to Melbourne 1995 and then to Cairns, Queensland in 1997. In 1998 I met Scott Patrick Maitland (14 Dec 1976 Gordonvale Australia) and on 18th May 1999 I gave birth to a daughter, Rhyane Carly Maitland at Cairns Base Hospital.
I have started an Astill surname project, please join me!
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