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Judith discusses her shool years at Sutherland, Loftus and Griffith Primary Schools (all in New South Wales Australia) and Nambour High School in Queensland Australia.  Judith tells us that she enjoyed all of her subjects, particularly English, Geography, Australian History and in her later years Mathematics and Latin.

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Originally settled as "Pond Town" in 1851, the name was changed to "Salem" after Lyman Curtis' birthplace--Salem, Massachusetts: "City of Peace" in 1865.

Alice talks about her time at the Kate Cocks Babies Home in Adelaide where she worked as a Nurses aid. For Alice this was a major life experience.

Judith talks about her fun days living at Loftus NSW and exploring the bush.  Judith moved to live in Queensland when she was a little older and she tells us about sailing and helping to build a yacht.

Joyce talks about her favourite school subect, English, and shares her passion for the English language.

Alice grew up n Laura South Australia during the 1930's & 40s. In theis story Alice talks about what she did after school because children in those days usually had tasks to do other than homework. This photo shows Alice with her parents in 1936.

Jill's favourite school subjects were all activity based, where she could illustrate topics and use her practical skills.  Subjects included Geography, Poetry, Bible History and Sewing.

It seemed like this day would never come!  Forever I had begged my mother to "teach me to read!"  My dad would buy me 'funny books' (comic books) at the drugstore.  My favorites were Donald Duck and Goofy.  I also had favorite stories like Goldilocks and theThree Bears, Cinderella, and Chicken...

Annette talks about her first job.....    

Jill talks about sports day at her primary school in Clare.  Sports Days were not fun for Jill, but she participated in tunnel ball, overhead ball, flag and running races. She also played basketball and participated in dancing.

. . . lived on sego lily bulbs and thistle roots.  They were grateful to find mushrooms growing from under the shavings of the logs with which they had built the house .

On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Mesa Verde, Colorado From among the hundreds of pictures of Pueblo Indian culture discovered at Mesa Verde in Colorado that one finds on the Internet, almost all focus on relatively up-close snapshots of dwellings, tools, utensils and artistic relics. Few...

Judith describes her after school activities at Loftus NSW which included buying bags of biscuits, climbing a cliff and walking along the rockface.  When she went home the long way past the plaster factory, she would collect plaster pieces to use a chalk to draw hopscotch.  Judith and her siblings also...

I, Ned Behrman, was the 'cellist in a regular quartet that played at Mary's house during the approximate years 1980-1983.  We played the standard repertoire, except that at Mary's urging we went through every Haydn quartet in the four-volume Peters Edition during that time.  She was anxious to play them all...

Since my father was a professional musician, music is an integral part of my life.  However, one song that triggers a memory is "Volare".  I don't hear it that often anymore but just two weeks ago, my husband and I went to see the new Woody Allen, "From Rome with Love". ...

When I was 11, my parents took me to Europe.  We traveled by train within Italy and on one train - it might have been from Naples to Rome - we sat in a compartment with a lovely, older British couple.  The man was reading a book and the cover intrigued...

Stories of Enlow Genealogy By Leonard Enlow   This is a Civil War story about two brothers, George and Jesse Sprowls, who were my 3rd cousins twice removed. They joined Company K Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers during the month of August 1862 in Washington County which is in the Southwest...

Annette recalls her days at Marrayatville Primary School and Norwood High School in Adelaide during the 1960's.

On the road… again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   The RT Probe   When we finally decided that clam hunting was going to be a steady part of our future lives, Thu and the Footloose Forester decided that one Hawaiian Sling was not enough to make our...