SALLY Conway and Storm Powell have not finished high school, yet they are already learning the harsh realities of rural life.
The 14-year-old girls dream of careers in agriculture, but believe their ambitions are being taken away by the mining industry.
The young women want to tell their story to inspire other young people to take up the fight to protect prime agricultural land for their generation.
Sally's parents owned three beef properties at Wandoan, the blocks accumulated over two decades of hard work.
They had hoped to provide a property for each of their three children - including Sally - when they were old enough.
However, Sally was nine when Xstrata announced plans to construct the largest open-cut coalmine in the southern hemisphere in her backyard.
After years of resisting the company, her parents reluctantly sold a property to Xstrata. The remaining two properties are now also under threat from the second stage of the mine's development. Read More
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