![]() Myself and my sister Lois went to Vietnam. We used to have concerts on the back of the truck and make our parents and family sit around and watch. Laurel: The replica of the house in the movie is an exact copy of our grandmother’s house. Naomi Mayers: I didn’t go to Vietnam as at that time we were protesting against the war. Image credit: supplied by Laurel Robinson Q: How does it feel to see your lives made into a movie and how true is it to what happened during those years? Laurel (at left) and Lois looking glamorous in the early ’70s. I would’ve been made to go home if my knew I was going to start singing at a club, but I was well looked after by my sister and cousins. But I knew there were jobs around – you’d see them advertised. So we just kept giving concerts to raise money. In those days there was no dole, just endowment, which was next to nothing. The concerts started for our families, but then we entertained people in the Shepparton Cummeragunja area of Victoria where we grew up. ![]() We did concerts from a very young age and our parents were supportive and encouraging. Laurel Robinson: We’ve been singing all our lives. (Source: eOne ANZ/Youtube) Q: Can you tell me a bit about the Sapphires, what your experience of being in the group was like, and how you started out? The 2012 film The Sapphires was the most successful Australian film of that year. Here is an edited transcript of ourinterview with them. The three original members – Laurel, Beverly and Naomi – now work at the Aboriginal Medical Service, in Sydney’s suburb of Redfern, where Naomi is chief executive. Lois was drafted in when Naomi and Beverly (who are also sisters) refused to go in protest against the war. In reality, it was only Laurel, then 21, and her sister Lois who went to Vietnam.
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