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Education is number one

By Margie Agoth I remember the day I met Achati Ojulo Okuot, it was a cold and windy Thursday evening and I was walking home from the bus stop. I was still new to the Gold Coast as it was [...]

Immigration Story – My Nonno

By Caitlin Matticoli, Swinburne University I want to tell a story about my nonno Dante but all the Aussies called him Danny. He was a proud man; big, loud and full of life, your typical expressive Italian. The only thing [...]

Follow your heart it might take you places

By Bev Wilkinson Founder of Celebrate Living History You know when your too excited to sleep? Well that’s how I felt when I attended the Walkley Grants for Innovation in Journalism workshop in Melbourne. First up, I really have to [...]

Gogo

By Roo Frankston High School My senior is my grandmother, but I call her Gogo. She lives in Zimbabwe, Africa. When I was young, she used to help me with my alphabet homework. Gogo would sing me a song in [...]

My Grandma Ayee

By Esther Frankston High School My Grandma is very important to me because she is the only grandma I have that is alive. She means so much to me. She inspires me to do good things to the world by [...]

Meryl

By Liam Frankston High School My senior’s name is Meryl. She is very supportive, she attends my acting performances. She floods me with presents when Christmas and my birthday come along. She is one of the most incredible chefs I [...]

Grandmother

By Hana.K Frankston High School My grandmother is an amazing woman and an inspirational person to me. Her name is Anka Kurbalija. She is 73 years old but she still cleans the house like it’s no big deal. She still [...]

Fighting Spirit

By Bev Wilkinson Some would say from a young age Val French was destined for a life full of excitement and fighting spirit. As a little girl, Val was raised in three different mental intuitions, inspired by her parents desire [...]

My Neighbour Nessie

By Sophie Lishman At the age of four my parents packed our life into just two moving vans in hopes of starting a new chapter in the leafy suburb of Sandringham- a suburb just a walk from the sandy beaches [...]

Grandma my inspiration

By Melissa Haber My grandmother Judy Roulston has always been an inspiration to me. When I was a kid I looked up to her, admiring her creativity and artistic skills when we did craft activities together and the way she [...]

Abu’s Story

By Abdul Qadir Bukhari Edited by Marine Pintena It is often a monumental task on deciding where to begin when asked to comment on a man’s life who has accomplished so much. I guess a good way to begin would [...]

We Now Call Australia Home

By Mischeline King Pat and Malcolm Howe or ‘Nanna and Pop’ as I know them, originate from the old town of Gateshead in England but now call Australia home. They share their story on what it was like as a [...]