Four daughters keeping the farm alive

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Queensland sisters Bonnie, Jemima, Matilda and Molly Penfold work and manage the family beef farm. Beef producer, Four Daughters, is a fourth-generation farming family that is constantly finding new ways to keep going in the face of Chinese export bans, Covid-19 and drought.

February 6, 2021 — 3.55pm

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Sisters Bonnie, Jemima, Matilda and Molly Penfold take in the sunset during a ride at 'Old Bombine'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Station hand Maddie Stiller prepares to deliver feed to the cattle troughs at 'Old Bombine'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Molly and Jemima Penfold take a break after clearing out feeding troughs at 'Mamaree'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Bonnie Penfold and Maddie Stiller move cattle in a holding yard in preparation for transport at 'Old Bombine'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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A Black Angus breed of cow is seen at 'Old Bombine' in Meandarra.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Sisters Bonnie, Jemima, Molly and Matilda Penfold oversee cattle yards at Old Bombine.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Jemima, Karen and Molly Penfold prepare to pull back tarp covering silage for cattle feed at 'Mamaree'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Matilda Penfold prepares hay for cattle feed at 'Mamaree'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams

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Sister Jemima, Bonnie, Molly and Matilda Penfold conduct a business zoom-call at 'Old Bombine'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Bonnie and Molly Penfold join Maddie Stiller in hanging out washing at 'Old Bombine'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Sisters Bonnie and Jemima Penfold manoeuvre a tyre onto a tractor at 'Old Bombine'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Karen, Jemima and Bonnie Penfold show some attention to Sam the family dog at 'Old Bombine'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Jemima Penfold musters cattle towards a holding yard at 'Old Bombine'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Mixed breed cattle are seen at 'Mamaree'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Matilda Penfold and Maddie Stiller muster cattle towards a holding yard at 'Old Bombine'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Molly Penfold checks on progress of recently planted sorghum seedlings at 'Mamaree'.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty

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Sisters Bonnie, Jemima, Molly and Matilda Penfold pose during sunset at 'Old Bombine' in Meandarra.Credit:Lisa Maree Williams/Getty