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A Track Winding Back: Bring Your Own Ladder at Lake George!
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A Track Winding Back. A Track Winding Back: Morshead Home's Oral History and Reminiscence ProjecT. Bring Your Own Ladder at Lake George! In this recording extract, Clyde recalls the shallow and at times dangerously choppy waters of Lake George (or Weerewaa in the indigenous language) outside Canberra; a lake regarded as 'mysterious' for its cycles of drying out and filling- and who could believe - once the hub for various yacht and water ski-ing clubs! Labels: Changing leisure spots. Erol Flynn - Swoon!
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A Track Winding Back: Whole Story, Whole Person
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A Track Winding Back. A Track Winding Back: Morshead Home's Oral History and Reminiscence ProjecT. Whole Story, Whole Person. Gathering a sense of the 'whole person' and listening to their 'whole life' experience allowed for a deeper appreciation of what wartime had meant for residents. It is hoped that such an approach builds an understanding that extends beyond conventional cutouts of war and common stereotypes of ageing. Labels: Beyond conventional cutouts. Beyond stereotypes of ageing. Night of Gala ...
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A Track Winding Back: Hold the Line please!
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A Track Winding Back. A Track Winding Back: Morshead Home's Oral History and Reminiscence ProjecT. Hold the Line please! To hear Maidie on working as one of Melbourne's highest paid telephonists and about her short return to work as a married woman during WWII, click on: http:/ www.archive.org/details/MelbourneTelephonistRecallsWarYearsMarriageWork. Launch of A Track Winding Back. ACT Memorial Stories - Who Shot the Red Baron. Along The Road To Gundagai - Sung by Peter Dawson. Eden Philosophy in aged care.
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A Track Winding Back: Special Thanks to Our Participants
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A Track Winding Back. A Track Winding Back: Morshead Home's Oral History and Reminiscence ProjecT. Special Thanks to Our Participants. The project archives accounts of learning to loop-the-loop in a Tiger moth, an insider’s view of the refrigeration and liquor trade in King’s Cross nightclubs, memories of a water ski club on Lake George, residents’ recollections of the mini-sub attacks on Sydney Harbour and an account of working for Prime Minister Gorton. And more! This blog brings excerpts to a wider on...
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A Track Winding Back: Hats off!
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A Track Winding Back. A Track Winding Back: Morshead Home's Oral History and Reminiscence ProjecT. Terry's hat: A new lining in it but the original holder of many a good story and musical memory. Launch of A Track Winding Back. Her Excellency The Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC shares a moment with A TRACK WINDING BACK participant and WWII pilot, Mr Colin Fereday OAM and A TRACK WINDING BACK's volunteer project co-ordinator. ACT Memorial Stories - Who Shot the Red Baron. Eden Philosophy in aged care.
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A Track Winding Back: Incendiary Bombs & Boys Own Adventures
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A Track Winding Back. A Track Winding Back: Morshead Home's Oral History and Reminiscence ProjecT. Incendiary Bombs and Boys Own Adventures. Never short of a life adventure or anecdote, whether it be flying out to Tangyanika on a flying boat. With his new bride or recalling conversations with John Gorton via Prime Ministerial aircraft communications on the way to Independence meetings in Papua New Guinea, John has had a full and varied life working in the Law and travelling the world. Eden In Oz - covera...
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A Track Winding Back: Falling - and staying - in Love
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A Track Winding Back. A Track Winding Back: Morshead Home's Oral History and Reminiscence ProjecT. Falling - and staying - in Love. Everyone loves a love story, and here's a lovely one! Betty describes a night where friend Jack returns home to bathurst after being away. Though they've been friends for some time, she suddenly sees Jack - her fiancee to be - in a whole new light. Click on: http:/ www.archive.org/details/FallingInLoveInWwiiBathurst. Launch of A Track Winding Back. Erol Flynn - Swoon! Film S...
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A Track Winding Back: Lost Tank
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A Track Winding Back. A Track Winding Back: Morshead Home's Oral History and Reminiscence ProjecT. Jean and Tony talk about a 'lost tank', the perils of friendly fire in war and Tony's lucky escape via a floor hatch at the tender age of just eighteen or nineteen. Click on: http:/ www.archive.org/details/LostTankReminiscenceOfFriendlyFireWwii. Image: Tony (middle) resting on a tank WWII. Launch of A Track Winding Back. ACT Memorial Stories - Who Shot the Red Baron. Eden Philosophy in aged care. Paper Doll...
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A Less Obvious Canberra. Sharing some favourite spots from around the capital. Archives for posts with tag: kids. The Cork Oak Forest: a quiet kind of beauty. January 18, 2014. The National Arboretum might be brand new, but my favourite part of the Arboretum, the Cork Oak Plantation has been a part of Canberra for a long long time. In fact, the acorns these beautiful trees grew from were imported from Spain in 1917 by Walter Burley Griffin. The cork oak forest has a soft dappled light throughout. Cost: A...