Australia's oldest person reveals secret to longevity ahead of 111th birthday

Australian Community Media

Catherina van der Linden, born in the Netherlands in 1912 and migrated to Australia with her husband and young family in 1955, she has four children, 10 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.

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00:00 [Music]

00:06 I lived a normal life like any one of you do.

00:11 And I got on a birthday now.

00:15 That is very special.

00:17 Beautiful. Happy birthday.

00:20 Thank you so much.

00:22 This is chocolate.

00:24 How to live a long life? Be happy with yourself.

00:29 And be content with what life gives you.

00:36 Sometimes it's not that good and sometimes it's better.

00:41 But you have to take the bad with the good as well.

00:46 And it's possible to make living a joy.

00:52 [Music]

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