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Born into a wealthy family in England in 1942 Christopher couldve expected a privileged life It was not to be At six years of age he entered boarding school The burden of undiagnosed dyslexia led to an aversion to schoolwork and violent sexual abuse from a fellow boarder became the impetus for leaving school He embarked on a life of hard manual labour before returning to his parents farm but continual frustrations between him and his father culminated in a stint of involuntary commitment On release in 1964 he left for Australia as a 10 Pound Pom