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Yesterday I went for a drive and interviewed a lovely woman about her time as a president for her local branch of the Good Neighbour Council. [In the 1950s the Australian Government funded the GNC to welcome and support new migrants. It was an era when assimilation was the main government policy, and historians have various opinions on the success or otherwise of the GNC.] It was a very interesting interview, she did some amazing things, including a lot of good work helping women in particular to settle in a strange new community. Throughout our talk though, she was at pains to tell me that ‘People were all very nice’ in her town. So often in oral history you get the feeling that some of the most interesting bits of the story are just under the surface, and will never be given to you!
On a different note:
Book Quiz
You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Jon in Bachelor Kisses by Nick Earls, although I think really I have a crush on Nick Earls.
What are you currently reading?
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell [very slow going, but I must persist, it’s for bookclub.]
The last book you bought is:
Republic of Egos: A social history of the Spanish Civil War by Michael Seidman
The last book you read:
The Bolivian Times by Tim Elliot
Five desert island books:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie
Catch 22 Joseph Heller
If on a Winters Night a Traveller Italo Calvino
Selected Poems Kate Llewellyn
Bluebeard’s Egg Margaret Atwood
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
I don’t think I know any LJ people well enough to impose this on them, so I’ll just watch everyone else that has been tagged already.
On a different note:
Book Quiz
You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Jon in Bachelor Kisses by Nick Earls, although I think really I have a crush on Nick Earls.
What are you currently reading?
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell [very slow going, but I must persist, it’s for bookclub.]
The last book you bought is:
Republic of Egos: A social history of the Spanish Civil War by Michael Seidman
The last book you read:
The Bolivian Times by Tim Elliot
Five desert island books:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie
Catch 22 Joseph Heller
If on a Winters Night a Traveller Italo Calvino
Selected Poems Kate Llewellyn
Bluebeard’s Egg Margaret Atwood
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
I don’t think I know any LJ people well enough to impose this on them, so I’ll just watch everyone else that has been tagged already.