My main interest is oral history which is a means of making an historical record using the voices of people speaking from their own experiences. I have lots of other interests as well - book club, local history, playing violin, photography. I have a very rare disease, Transverse Myelitis. I joined the Transverse Myelitis Association. Based in USA which has the most information about this disease. They also have a YouTube channel here. TM Day in Brisbane, May 2015.

Ten ladies get together every month to have fun. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. I read 12 Years A Slave. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Sunday, August 9, 2015. I very much enjoyed The Night Circus. Saturday, August 1, 2015. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. I very much enjoyed We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Friday, July 17, 2015.

Saturday, September 19, 2009. Charlie Gibbs was born in Australia on 27. He recognised the potential for aviation and joined the RAAF at an early age. With Charlie Gibbs on board, the Australian ship Discovery II. Set out in January 1936 to find the aviators. It was an adventure Charlie would never forget. In 1934 he helped with the maintenance of aircraft involved in the England to Australia Air Race. Aircraft at that time were very rudimentary. The Air Force undertook to house, fuel.

Friday, February 3, 2012. Cecil Smith was born at Boonah, Queensland on. And married Pearl Rew in 1938. In 1934, aged 18, he joined the Police Force through a cadetship and began his career in the Fingerprint Bureau where he stayed till 1959. He retired from Townsville in 1975. It was the Depression years and jobs were hard. So I applied to become a cadet and was accepted. It was established by a fellow nam.

Sunday, January 20, 2013. Denis Mulligan was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1916. He served in the Australian Army in New Guinea during World War II. He married in 1944 and had five children. Denis Mulligan died in 2001. This page is a tribute to his memory. Mulligan Defends in Court Martial. Major Murphy was the officer who allocated me as.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009. And began her career as a nurse at Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay during World War II. When Doreen was 19, she was a patient in hospital and decided to become a nurse herself. 8220;I applied to start training at Prince Henry at Little Bay. My sisters and I left Perth and travelled over on the ship Wonganella.