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Keith Bartley

Keith Bartley Born on the 1st of May 1956, in the NSW western town of Nyngan, to George and Mavis Bartley. Brother to five siblings. Keith began his education in the little village of Girilambone, at the Girilambone Primary School. Completed his High School Certificate at the Saint Joseph Convent in Nyngan, and began his working career at the age of fifteen, with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited, Nyngan Branch. Continued in the Banking Industry for a few years before switching to the Hospitality Industry. His working life took him to several country towns, and the city of Sydney. He was married in Sydney and divorced a few years later. He returned to Dubbo where he re-married and raised two boys. He spent the last twenty years of his working life in the Haulage Industry, working for a Storage and Distribution Business in Dubbo. Keith has now retired to the NSW country town of Tottenham, where he hopes to pursue his passion for writing.