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She completed a Bachelor of Education majoring in Drama and Literature in 1989. Stage and radio plays Īfter completing her secondary education, Ham travelled overseas and on her return took admission in Deakin University (then Victoria College). Later she attended St Margaret's School, Melbourne, along with Sue Maslin and finished her secondary education in 1972. Ham's brothers still run the family farms in Jerilderie. Talking about her childhood Ham said, "Being a farmer's daughter, I had a fabulous childhood – swimming in creeks and irrigation channels, riding a horse behind a slow moving flock of ewes, rousabouting, cutting wood and setting the fire after school every day in winter, learning to drive aged nine so I could help with Bathurst burr cutting and other slow-moving country driving tasks." She attended Finley High School for two years. Ham was born and raised in Jerilderie, Australia. Ham has written short stories for various Australian publications, including Meanjin, The Age, and The Bulletin. Her debut novel, The Dressmaker, was adapted into a film starring Kate Winslet in the lead role of Tilly Dunnage.

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