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June 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Barbara Holborow held on to her compassion for vulnerable children, and the wicked humour that made her special, until the very end of her life.
Ms Holborow – children’s advocate, magistrate, author and mum – died after a short battle with cancer on May 23.
She was farewelled at a packed funeral in Sydney on Friday.
Her casket arrived at St Stephen’s Uniting Church escorted by bikies on 14 Harley Davidsons and left to the applause and tears of mourners.
Her great friend, the Reverend Bill Crews, described how he sat with the 81-year-old Sydneysider as she lay dying: he was struggling to comfort her and both knew she only had hours left.
“What do you say to another human being who’s facing the ultimate? I was struggling,” he told the congregation.
“And then the words came … I said, you know Barbara? All the kids you’ve helped and all the people you’ve touched are in this room right now with you.
“Her eyes lit up, her body kind of moved and filled with love.”
There was a pause, and then with a glint in her eyes and a slight smile, Ms Holborow turned to the reverend and said: “All right, you can go now, I want to go to sleep.”
She died a short time later.
Ms Holborow’s funeral was as unconventional as her life.
She completed her training to become a solicitor at age 39 and threw herself into a 12-year career as a NSW magistrate.
Sydney’s Youth Off the Streets founder Father Chris Riley described her unorthodox but effective methods.
“She would incur the wrath of barristers and solicitors when she said to the children in front of her: `Come up here and speak to me, tell me what’s going on in your life’,” Father Riley told the funeral.
“And the solicitor would stand up and say, `Sorry, your worship but we’re the advocate for this young person.’
“And she would say: `Shut up! And sit down’.”
Ms Holborow would then speak quietly with the child and get to the root of the issue, Father Riley added.
During her time as a magistrate Ms Holborow helped set up free legal aid for children and a special court for those suffering from neglect and abuse.
She also established a special jail for first-time offenders aged 18 to 25.
Ms Holborow resigned from the bench in 1994 – partly because of her frustration with the justice system.
But her advocacy and mentoring work never ceased and she wrote three best-selling books about her experiences with young people.
She fostered eight children.
One of the many youngsters she helped, Eun Ju Kim-Baker, is now training to be a lawyer.
“Barbara, you were the best and we will always remember you,” she told the funeral.
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