Ruth recalls some of the lessons from her schooldays....
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Margaret talks about her High School teachers and particularly remembers the Head Mistress, Miss Lucy E Saville.
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Lisa's favourite teacher was Mr Sykes. He was from England and taught her English in Grade 6 at Salisbury Primary School. She believes that he was instrumental in her development, particularly in the areas of English, writing and Art.
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Graham recalls his first part time job in December 1954 at the soon to be opened Blueline Drive In in Adelaide...
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Joyce talks fondly of Mrs Hayden a special teacher whose legacy to Joyce was her love of the English language and the written. However, Joyce's experience with her Cooking Teacher, Mrs M, was anything but pleasant.
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Margaret's favourite lessons at high school were Latin and English. She particularly enjoyed English language and literature and was very good at spelling. However, she did not enjoy Algebra and Geometry as she missed a term and found it difficult to catch up.
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Ruth talks about the teachers she remembers from her school days in Adelaide during the 1950's and early 60's.
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Pat describes her jouney to Australia in 1948 on the SS Ormonde. On the voyage she was befriended by a kindly man and his family Mr. Fallong, that helped make her journey much more enjoyable.
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Helen remembers her favourite subject as Biology taught by Sister Mark later to become Sister Carmel. She met up with Sister Carmel some time after leaving school and developed a life-long friendship with her.
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Graham continues his recollection of his schooldays and afterwards. In this story he tals about leaving school and joining the work force.
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Lisa explains how as a child she loved to draw. Her family owned a market garden in South Australia and she drew on the paper that lined the tomato boxes before they went to marked. As an adult she developed her passion for drawing into an artistic talent. She also loves...
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Judith recalls her most special teacher - Dr. Lyn Barrow from Brisbane Teachers College. Dr. Barrow taught Psychology and she learnt many things that stood her in good stead about dealing with children.
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Ruth remembers her days in High School in Adelaide during the 1960's...
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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...
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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.
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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
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Graham went to Adelaide Technical High School and he recalls just how hard he worked and how good the school was..
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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.
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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...
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