My PlaceDepicts life in Australia at different times in its development by viewing one place in different years while moving backwards from 1988 to 1788. |
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... Mum and Grandpa and Auntie Bridie , and now there's my new dad . My real dad's dead . He went to the war before I was born , so I never even saw him . But Mum says I've got his hair . They've fixed up the pub . It's got tiles and. 1948.
... Mum and Grandpa and Auntie Bridie , and now there's my new dad . My real dad's dead . He went to the war before I was born , so I never even saw him . But Mum says I've got his hair . They've fixed up the pub . It's got tiles and. 1948.
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... Bridie works here . No one much works here now HENRY MILLER MOTOR SERVICE My name's Bridie and this is. They've fixed up the pub . It's got tiles and a picture of a bloke playing footy on the front CLOSED BRICKPITS graves +0+ COPS Empty ...
... Bridie works here . No one much works here now HENRY MILLER MOTOR SERVICE My name's Bridie and this is. They've fixed up the pub . It's got tiles and a picture of a bloke playing footy on the front CLOSED BRICKPITS graves +0+ COPS Empty ...
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Nadia Wheatley. HENRY MILLER MOTOR SERVICE My name's Bridie and this is my place . I'm seven . I was born in Dublin , but Pa and Mumma left because there wasn't much work there . Now Pa reckons jobs are getting hard to find here too ...
Nadia Wheatley. HENRY MILLER MOTOR SERVICE My name's Bridie and this is my place . I'm seven . I was born in Dublin , but Pa and Mumma left because there wasn't much work there . Now Pa reckons jobs are getting hard to find here too ...
Common terms and phrases
Auntie Adie Baba BAKER best friend BIG HOUSE big tree blackberry BRICK Bridge Bridie brother BUTCHER GROCER catch CENTENNIAL HOTEL CHIMNEYS Church climb convict cows CREEK TRACK Dad says Declan Deli dunny Eddie EMPTY farm Father says fence fish flats garden goes grandparents Granny Sarah says graze horse bus HOUSES CANAL houses Church houses houses John John Owen joss house Kalymnos Kath kids Leck Leck's live with Mum lives here LANE Lollypop lots main road Mama Mareka Maroula McDonald's Michaelis MILK BAR Miss Miller Miss Walkley Müller Mum and Auntie Mum says Mumma name's Ned Kelly night cart old brickpits old factory OWEN'S HORSE party Paul McCartney Petrol pippies PITS play POST OFFICE RAILWAY VIEW HOTEL reckons river SHOPS Sofia Soft drink Sometimes STATION stepping stones STONE MASON stuff swimming hole Sydney Cove there's a big Thommo tram vegetables ware houses warehouse warehouse warehouse WOOLLEN FACTORY woollen mill