Last week, I mentioned my little sister's birth on the day the Queen came to Sydney. Here she is in my mother's arms. Shortly after this, we moved to Brisbane (as my bio, which I can never get M&B to change, states). This was a very pioneering step for my parents, as their entire Australian families were in Sydney. Dad went ahead to find accommodation etc. and this is the photo he took with him. It was taken at my grandmother's house in Penshurst, and we moved to Brisbane shortly after Mother's Day. Nine months later I started school. Yes, Grade One, while I was still only four!!! Which is how I ended up as a high school teacher, teaching Yr 11 before my ninteenth birthday.
2 comments:
What a beautiful photo. Your family was very brave to move such a long way, but I think your dad wouldn't have felt alone with that picture!!
Gorgeous photo =) Teaching grade 11 at 19 is an amazing achievement. Congrats Barbara! Was being so close to their age a help or a hindrance?
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