Her father , Kenneth Fraser , was from Embo , Scotland .
Fraser was born in the Sydney suburb of Balmain , New South Wales in 1937 into a poor working - class family , the youngest of eight children .
Fraser 's father , Kenneth Fraser , was from Embo , Scotland .
Fraser was born in the Sydney suburb of Balmain , New South Wales in 1937 into a poor working - class family , the youngest of eight children .