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[] =Emma Withnell Or the Mother of the North.= =Values=
 * =Bravery- because she gave birth to some of her children on her own=
 * =Respect- she showed respect to her self and the aboriginal people.=
 * =Courage- To step up and help the aboriginals.=

=Emma Mary Withnell was a pioneer. She was born on the 19th of December 1842. She was the first white woman to settle in the North-West. She had eleven childen, eight sons and three daughters all born in the North west with out any medical assistants. Some of her children died of hunger, infections, dehydrahation and diseases. She is so famous because she was the first ever lady to give birth in WA. She looked after the homestead on her own with out any help. She had to battle through cyclones in the small tin houses she lived in. She rose at daylight to teach her children before the hot day came. There were no school books, so reading was taught from old news papers. Some times there wasn't alot of food to go round and some times they had nothing. Life was far from easy.=