Kay Garrett (b.1899): Home and Family Part Two Hello folks! Welcome back to writing lives and welcome to part two of Kay Garrett’s home and family blog posts. This post …
Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): Home and Family “My body is getting old now. I think everybody should die on them born spot.” (33) Isaac focuses on home life …
Jack McQuoid (1910-1985): Migration, Immigration & Emigration ‘These American songs seemed to be her favourites. They seemed to inspire pictures of a land that was rich and free – …
Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): Migration, Immigration and Emigration “To go to America is not like coming here To go to America they have to come over and employ …
Mrs RM Downer (b.1884): Home and Family As RM Downer’s memoir begins when she started work at 17, she gives little description of her childhood and upbringing. When her …
William Webb (1830-1919): Migration, Immigration & Emigration Introduction The history of Australian immigration is as long as it is complex, so much so that readers could almost be excused …
Norah Elliott (b.1903): Migration, Immigration & Emigration “In 1938 feeling that life was getting too complicated I went to the League and started to arrange an exchange to Victoria …
Mary Howitt (1888-1983): Travel and Emigration ‘I have been back twice to England but Bowral always draws me home.’ (3) Mary was one of the many that chose …
Winifred Till: Migration, Immigration and Emigration ‘Break the news to mother Tell her how much I love her And tell her not to wait for me For I’m …
Doris Hunt (born 1900) : Home and Family The theme of home and family runs throughout Doris’s autobiography as she discusses her various family homes, her parents, siblings and also …
