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Category: Australian history and growing up there

The Snowy Mountains Scheme

July 4, 2026 cheryl Leave a comment

Why the Snowy Mountains Scheme? In Keepers, Teddy’s 21st birthday coincides with the beginning of construction of the vast engineering…

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Posted in: Australian history and growing up there, The inspiration behind the books Filed under: australia 1950s, Cabramurra, construction workers, Cooma, european immigration to Australia, historical fiction, Jindabyne

Post WW2 Migrant Hostels

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Why Post WW2 migrant hostels? Post WW2 migrant hostels – or one any way – play an important part in…

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Posted in: Australian history and growing up there, The inspiration behind the books Filed under: Australia, immigrants, migrant hostels, post world war 2, rationing england, ten pound poms, world war 2

Orchard Kingdom

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Orchard Kingdom is based on an early Australian childhood experience. The story won first prize in the inaugural Ottery St…

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Posted in: Australian history and growing up there, The inspiration behind the books

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