Chilli Beef Pasties
My mum used to make these and I loved them. I did not have them all the time. I never[…]
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The Herald Learn to Swim Campaign
It is astonishing to believe that there was a time when I could swim 25 yards. I had been going[…]
Read moreFrozen like an ice cube
In the 1970’s some time. We went down to Jingellic primary school. There were bushfires to the north. The men[…]
Read moreBirthday Party
We has just moved into 12 Sanders Ave West Sunshine from the Great Western Highway, West Footscray. My parents had[…]
Read moreSitting on King Neptune's Knee
I think that the 17th of June is the date we must have left Singapore on the MS Centaur Blue[…]
Read moreThe nuns and the dispensary
I learned this much later. But when I was a child we lived on the roof top in a house[…]
Read moreSitting in a speed boat
Perhaps my only direct memory of Singapore. I am sitting in the back seat of a red speed boat. Next[…]
Read moreLee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew came to open our new house today (otherwise known as the new wing of Mount Alvernia Hospital).[…]
Read moreSailing to Singapore
We moved to Singapore. My mother does not remember the date, but it was after I was baptised. We went[…]
Read moreBaptism on Whitsunday
I was baptised in St Mary’s Church, in North Melbourne, by none other than the Reverend Peter J Hollingworth. I[…]
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