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Month: April 2020

A Remarkably Brave Woman

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 by Betty McLellan

A Story of Bravery by Tahlia Briggs My sister was two when she wandered off down the beach. My dad had taken her and my brother back down to the water to rinse off the sand. Instead of walking in a straight line back to my mum, my sister disappeared into the crowd and walked … Read more

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My grandmother, Mill

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 by Betty McLellan

submitted by Susan Hawthorne I write about my grandmother all the time. Her second name was Millicent. We all called her Mill and for many years I thought her first name was Maytie. In fact, it was the far more German-sounding Mehta. My grandmother was born in the nineteenth century and her mother was German. … Read more

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Great-aunt Gertrude

April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 by Betty McLellan

submitted by Jennie Burrows I never met my great-aunt, but I am proud to be honouring her remarkable life. At the age of 2, Gertrude Jane Burrows was taken across the seas from England to Australia, accompanied by three older brothers, her father James, and her heavily pregnant mother Rosina. As the boat was landing … Read more

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