By Talitha Organ-Fletcher
Part 1 – Growing Up
January 29 1921, Edwin and Emelia Phillips welcomed another baby girl in their family but at the time, no one had any idea of the extraordinary life that she would go on to lead. She would travel the world, join the army, emigrate halfway across the globe and survive a direct bombing by German forces in the second world war. At 97, Hilda May Fletcher, has seen and experienced enough love, loss and adventure for two lifetimes but finds herself with a wonderful legacy and one incredible life story. Read more »
Griffith University intern Andrejs Boboks is embarking on a documentary series covering the Latvian and Russian ethnic community of Brisbane. Read more »
Griffith University intern Andrejs Boboks is embarking on a documentary series covering the Latvian and Russian ethnic community of Brisbane. Read more »
By Jeanette Bonnici Edited by Jake Watson
It was in the year of 1952 that Doris and Charles first laid eyes on each other. After months of watching her older sister Polly be taken out by a young man, Doris began to wonder what it would be like to have a boyfriend that she would be able to call her own. Read more »
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 he loved more than food was red wine – and of course his family. Read more »
