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Joyce enjoyed school and while she didn't have a favourite lesson she excelled in mental arithmetic and arithmetic.  However she also did well in english, history and georaphy as well as typing and bookkeping at High School.  She is grateful for her education and the benefits that she reaped in later...

Lisa spent her early years in Italy.  She was one of 10 children and they shared everything, including the clothes they wore.  She tells an amusing story of the day she and one of her sisters went to pick broccoli from the family vege patch.

  Annette shares with us stories of her father (WWII and Korean) and grandfather (WW!) who served their country in war and suffered following their experiences.  Annette gives a  tribute to her mother-in-law, Maria Lorenz who was held as a prisoner of war in a German camp  

Graham went to Adelaide Technical High School and he recalls just how hard he worked and how good the school was..  

Judith recalls her favourite lessons at School as Latin and French.  

Bill talks about the good times and the hard times over his life and reminds us that we are all sons and daughters of migrants.

Pat relays how she learned in 1946 at the age of 13 that she may be selected to journey to Australia to live,  She spent the next couple of years learning about Australia and overcoming her fears about such a long journey. On 17th December 1948 she left Nazareth House, her...

Joyce remembers her 5 primary schools - Peterborough, Broken Hill, Walkerville, East Adelaide and Magill.  She walked to school when she was younger, but when she went to East Adelaide she rode her two wheeler bike while dinkying her sister on the back.  After that she caught the tram to Magill...

Ruth started at Dover Gardens Primary School at aged 7, a new school in a new residential area of Adelaide.  She tells the story of the day she lost one of her galloshes on the way home from school.    

  Annette shares her introduction to school life when she was taught by Nuns, who convinced her at 4 years of age that we were all sinners.    

Graham recalls travelling to and from school in Adelaide, South Australia.

  Margaret's children loved pets and over the years they had cats, dogs, up to 70 lizards, butterflies and guiinea pigs, but nothing can compete with the time at Adrian tried to capture a wild Parente Monitor Lizard near Alice Springs, Australia.            

Lisa recalls her primary school years, especially travelling to and from Virginia Primary School....

  Judith talks about the different schools she attended - Sutherland, Loftus and Griffith NSW and Nambour in Queensland.  Over her school years she walked to school, travelled by train and roder her bike.      

Graham talks about his parents philosophy of education for their children and describes his keenness to start school.  

Bill attended a rural school for the first six years of his schooling and when he moved to Adelaide he attended Adelaide High School.  In particular he remembers most of his teachers throughout his school years.  

Judith parents believed in a good education for their children.  Judith remembers at the age of 6 attending the Sutherland Infant school.  

Joyce started school in Peterborough at the age of 5.  She did not attend pre-school and was very keen to learn.  She enjoyed her years at school and was educated at 5 different schools over the years.    

Ruth remembers listening to the story of Madeleine being read to her when she was 4 years old, and of starting school at 5 years of age at Parkside Infant School    

Annette talks about the 18 months she spent living in the Goodwood Orphange when she was 4 years of age.  She goes on to tell of how she enjoyed her years at Marryatville Primary School when she lived above the Rising Sun Hotel in Kensington.