Grudge Match By Madison White and Kate Grant The Tweed Heads Bowls Club is a place where communities of people have been gathering for decades. The club was founded in 1921 and after changing locations numerous times it finally settled in its [...]
Born In 1934 By Madison White Merle was born in April of 1934, in Gordonvale, a small town outside of Cairns, Queensland. Merle’s family owned a large cane farm in Gordonvale where her father, and his father before him, worked the land. The [...]
A Canadian Perspective on Remembrance Day in Australia By Michael Walecki For the first time in my life, I have spent Remembrance day away from my home in Canada. After my first Remembrance Day experience here in Australia, I have come to the realisation that it was different [...]
John ‘Jack’ McMullen By Caitlin McMullen John ‘Jack’ McMullen was a man of strength and toughness, he joined the Royal Australian Navy in his early 20’s as an engineer. As my great grandmother Margret used to say ‘Jack was straight forward, what you [...]
Keith Lindner By Kyfer Yeo Edited by Jake Watson It was a rainy, overcast autumn day, the perfect weather to stay indoors. I was at the ANZAC day therapy centre in Brighton, a place that specialises in treating senior war veterans and [...]
“It’s a long time without a sister” -Robert Fraser By Vanessa Brown Edited by Jake Watson “People don’t always understand disability. People with their cars, their parents, and their kids, all high tech, they don’t understand.” There is no one who knows Box Hill like Robert Fraser. He is [...]
Digging up the past By Jack Harbour There is a lot about his four tours of duty that, after more than a decade Josh can’t remember. He can’t remember what the food was like, the first time he flew in a helicopter or any [...]
Hat-Trick By Logan J. Farrell Inclement weather wreaked havoc with the tables outside the café in Main Street Mornington but it did little to dampen the enthusiasm of Ian Morrison. Rugged up against the elements he strode into our meeting with [...]
A Grand Character Performance By Logan J. Farrell Val Hardie knows better than most what it is like to have a bit of drama in life. Val’s connection with the performing arts on the Mornington Peninsula, both in adult and youth theatre companies, spans [...]
Tony Guest a man with the sea By Rhiann Elizabeth McNally Edited By Jake Watson It is 1952, during the Korean War. Leading electrician Tony Guest is head of the damage control party for the HMAS Warramunga which was given the task of bombarding the Korean shoreline. [...]
Max Buchanan– A career cut short By Caitlin Matticoli, Swinburne University If he hadn’t have suffered from a severe health condition at 59 years old, 85-year-old ex-pilot Max Buchanan is adamant he would “still be flying today”. Despite his deteriorating memory, Max still lives at his [...]
Keith and the war won on a hay-bale. By Jake Watson Keith was in a Queensland hospital in 1943 when his mate suggested they join the Air Force. They were desperate for blokes to enlist, his mate said. “I wouldn’t join them buggers,” was Keith’s reply, to which [...]
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