New World
1. Departure 1958 The air pricks our faces at minus twenty we glow with fever filling out forms wiping tears away We are leaving for good our cradle land our Poland 2. Suitcases I have packed favourite...
View ArticleMy Journey as an Actress
Performing was always something I did through childhood. Lots of home and school concerts studying voice, ballet and piano. Professional acting appeared in my life at 14 (looking 18), when my father, a...
View ArticleReflections
June 1955 was a quite different and modest compared to today. My late father served in the 2nd world war. Morati and Port Moresby were two of the destinations where he was based. He shared many stories...
View ArticleAnother Paddy Sails to Australia
Alice Ida Horgan nee Davis and her sister Jenny O’Sullivan sailed separately to Australia in 1957 with their young families. Growing up in Cork Eire they saw the new country as a land of opportunity....
View ArticleA Stolen Childhood – Sandy’s Story
Without a doubt my past has influenced who I am today – not just my past, but my mother’s as well. My mum was part of the Stolen Generation. She was born in 1937 and adopted by Mrs Flack who wanted to...
View ArticleLittle Budapest
One of my favourite photos I own is of mum and dad on Bondi Beach sporting tans, wearing high pants, poker dots and pulled up shin-high brown socks in the late fifties. The socks on a hot Australian...
View ArticleRosetta’s Story (1919-2012)
Orphaned at a young age, Rosetta grew up in an Italian Catholic convent/orphanage to become a shy, fearful, lonely young woman. Never visited by any family, she was eventually invited to live with her...
View ArticleSurface, Space, Structure & Spirit
“Good design makes people’s lives better.” – Robin Boyd Stepping over the threshold into the Robin Boyd’s Walsh Street house on a cool autumn afternoon I felt something akin to a religious experience;...
View ArticleMy Nonno’s Migration Experience
Migration – It’s like flying in a flock, yet you don’t resemble most of the other birds when you land. Migration – It has all people reaching for solid ground, with all hoping to find refuge. From home...
View ArticleTaking a Chance
In 1950 my great grandfather Giovanni Maugeri made the decision to leave his little village of Vizzini in Sicily, Italy. It was not a decision he made lightly. After fighting in World War II and...
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