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တၢ်ကွၢ်ကဒါက့ၤ NSW တၢ်ထီဒါတၢ်ကွၢ်တလီၤတၢ်
တၢ်ကဒူးကဒ့ၣ်အတၢ်မၤအကျိၤအကျဲဖဲ NSW တၢ်ထီဒါတၢ်ကွၢ်တလီၤတၢ်
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08 Aug 2023
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