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Family, friends and community members packed Donald Memorial Hall in western Victoria to remember Layla Jeffery, a 13-year-old whose serious charge has deeply shaken the small farming town.

Why it mattersThe outpouring in Donald, where hundreds attended a public farewell and the town's silos were lit in pink, shows how a single act of violence against a child can transform a small community's grief into a lasting collective memorial.