Premium Content Subscriber only It is a story of friendship forged between three British orphans bound for Central Queensland that has endured for 70 years. The first chapter was written in December 1950 when Monica Duff, 13, and five year olds Patricia Davies and Patsy Barratt boarded the passenger ship Esperance Bay bound for Australia. They were among 22 children sent from England under the Child Migration Scheme to live at Neerkol orphanage, 22km west of Rockhampton. Monica was charged with looking after the two 'Pats', who were the youngest of the group on the voyage. Their arrival in Brisbane in February 1951 featured in an article in