 She spent her early years on a wool sheep property just outside Guyra in Northern New South Wales, Australia.As the only daughter among the eight children of Sue and Basil Rice, Gemma had to keep up with her brothers when it came to mustering sheep and riding horses.Gemma's mother, Sue, believes this where her Gemma's determined spirit came from; '"I don't think you could ever talk Gemma into or out of anything."