Kram81
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What's a house worth there now, probably 5 million or something haha.
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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Where do your ancestors originate from, Ritchie?
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Is that house in the left thumbnail the house you grew up in?
Grier
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I came out in 1970 as a £10 pom.
Several of my Irish Mother's forebears ( great, ..?..great, Uncles?) came out to mine for gold wheeling their wheelbarrows from Perth to Kalgoorlie (~370 miles) with all their possessions in their barrows.
Then lost to memory but that distinctive Irish Surname is quite commonplace in my remote state.
Craig, I bet you're right about us poms getting preferential treatment during those "Whites only" policy days'.
By 1970 there was still antipathy towards Poms (pohm or Prisoner Of His Majesty) which used to drive my old Mum mad having our family fleeing bigoted Ulster.. to get more stick. She'd fire back "We didn't come out here with a ball and chain like your convict ancestors, ....!", etc...
A teacher once mocked me for wearing "sandals & socks"!
I still wear socks with my sandals. It's much healthier option for several reasons... My Old Wild Mum wanted a piece of her.
53 years later it's all so much more tolerant and "POM" is a term of endearment.
I always thought that each new wave of migrants took the brunt of good old Aussie xenophobia but 2 or 3 decades later it was mainly forgotten and a new wave of ethnic migrants became lambasted. Currently it's people of African backgrounds raising the ire and copping the flak. Where I live anyway.
Several of my Irish Mother's forebears ( great, ..?..great, Uncles?) came out to mine for gold wheeling their wheelbarrows from Perth to Kalgoorlie (~370 miles) with all their possessions in their barrows.
Then lost to memory but that distinctive Irish Surname is quite commonplace in my remote state.
Craig, I bet you're right about us poms getting preferential treatment during those "Whites only" policy days'.
By 1970 there was still antipathy towards Poms (pohm or Prisoner Of His Majesty) which used to drive my old Mum mad having our family fleeing bigoted Ulster.. to get more stick. She'd fire back "We didn't come out here with a ball and chain like your convict ancestors, ....!", etc...
A teacher once mocked me for wearing "sandals & socks"!
I still wear socks with my sandals. It's much healthier option for several reasons... My Old Wild Mum wanted a piece of her.
53 years later it's all so much more tolerant and "POM" is a term of endearment.
I always thought that each new wave of migrants took the brunt of good old Aussie xenophobia but 2 or 3 decades later it was mainly forgotten and a new wave of ethnic migrants became lambasted. Currently it's people of African backgrounds raising the ire and copping the flak. Where I live anyway.
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No showing y'all an Aussie home of those times.
I grew up in a house like this.
Wales and England.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Will show you mine as well. Will move it to Down Memory Lane, though.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Thanks for joining in, Terry.I came out in 1970 as a £10 pom.
Several of my Irish Mother's forebears ( great, ..?..great, Uncles?) came out to mine for gold wheeling their wheelbarrows from Perth to Kalgoorlie (~370 miles) with all their possessions in their barrows.
Then lost to memory but that distinctive Irish Surname is quite commonplace in my remote state.
Craig, I bet you're right about us poms getting preferential treatment during those "Whites only" policy days'.
By 1970 there was still antipathy towards Poms (pohm or Prisoner Of His Majesty) which used to drive my old Mum mad having our family fleeing bigoted Ulster.. to get more stick. She'd fire back "We didn't come out here with a ball and chain like your convict ancestors, ....!", etc...
A teacher once mocked me for wearing "sandals & socks"!
I still wear socks with my sandals. It's much healthier option for several reasons... My Old Wild Mum wanted a piece of her.
53 years later it's all so much more tolerant and "POM" is a term of endearment.
I always thought that each new wave of migrants took the brunt of good old Aussie xenophobia but 2 or 3 decades later it was mainly forgotten and a new wave of ethnic migrants became lambasted. Currently it's people of African backgrounds raising the ire and copping the flak. Where I live anyway.
You were a TPP too Terry. Watch the brilliant Ten Pound Poms mini series as it does not pull any punches with many Australians resenting TPPs coming here so cheaply, being housed and fed then taking their jobs. Dont really blame them to be honest.I came out in 1970 as a £10 pom.
Several of my Irish Mother's forebears ( great, ..?..great, Uncles?) came out to mine for gold wheeling their wheelbarrows from Perth to Kalgoorlie (~370 miles) with all their possessions in their barrows.
Then lost to memory but that distinctive Irish Surname is quite commonplace in my remote state.
Craig, I bet you're right about us poms getting preferential treatment during those "Whites only" policy days'.
By 1970 there was still antipathy towards Poms (pohm or Prisoner Of His Majesty) which used to drive my old Mum mad having our family fleeing bigoted Ulster.. to get more stick. She'd fire back "We didn't come out here with a ball and chain like your convict ancestors, ....!", etc...
A teacher once mocked me for wearing "sandals & socks"!
I still wear socks with my sandals. It's much healthier option for several reasons... My Old Wild Mum wanted a piece of her.
53 years later it's all so much more tolerant and "POM" is a term of endearment.
I always thought that each new wave of migrants took the brunt of good old Aussie xenophobia but 2 or 3 decades later it was mainly forgotten and a new wave of ethnic migrants became lambasted. Currently it's people of African backgrounds raising the ire and copping the flak. Where I live anyway.
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Yeah my uncle couldn't leave England quick enough, he only came back to us for visits and funerals, he loved Australia and his work as a builder took him to New Zealand too. He died about 5yrs ago. My mum who is his sister often talks about him.
Am moving some of these pics to Down Memory Lane.
Grier
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McGowan has quit indeed Kram.
He says he's burnt out and I totally believe it. He was a brilliant Premier sailing my WA through the turbulent Covid years, and battling a greedy Billionaire trying to break down our strict borders to further line his pocket. McGowan rightly called out that obscenely obese and odious man, our State's number one enemy. Too right.
Last State election here in the darkest days of Covid McGowan's Labor party got an eye watering 96% of the vote. That was phenomenal and well deserved. Labor won 53 out of 59 seats!
One guy even got a likeness of McGowan tattooed on himself. Not his bum...!
Keeping the borders shut our state's economy kept rolling on as the economic powerhouse of all Australia, despite many obstacles, especially that rotund guy who has trouble squeezing out of his showy sports cars. Even today he couldn't't resist a dig at Australia's most popular state Premier ever.
McGowan will be a very hard act to follow and three very capable ministers have put up their hands to take over.
I'd like to see a statue of him made in Perth for his Stewardship of our State. His management of the Pandemic surely saved many thousands of lives. Western Australia was touted the safest place on Earth re Covid. Even the usually very conservative electorates voted for him. He was the right man at the right time for the job and almost all saw that, even the elite in their leafy riverside and beachside suburbs.
As a Naval Officer, Lawyer and long time Labor Politician he had the skills to navigate Western Australia, the biggest state, with grit, determination, intelligence and strategic thinking.
Some hated him with threats to attack his office, his home, his family,... a long line of nutters from rabid anti vaxers, separated families, businesses, ..., pushy other states, litigation attempts to breach our borders, ..... He held tight despite himself being dragged over the judicial coals by vexatious litigants, one in particular ...
Other more populous states trying to rob our gst as well.
Even I thought he looked tired and exhausted, like recently having to deal with Criminal Youths' Detention Facilities and Crime sprees, ...
I was sad he hadn't better funded the Health System in WA given his big budget Surplus.
He says he's burnt out and I totally believe it. He was a brilliant Premier sailing my WA through the turbulent Covid years, and battling a greedy Billionaire trying to break down our strict borders to further line his pocket. McGowan rightly called out that obscenely obese and odious man, our State's number one enemy. Too right.
Last State election here in the darkest days of Covid McGowan's Labor party got an eye watering 96% of the vote. That was phenomenal and well deserved. Labor won 53 out of 59 seats!
One guy even got a likeness of McGowan tattooed on himself. Not his bum...!
Keeping the borders shut our state's economy kept rolling on as the economic powerhouse of all Australia, despite many obstacles, especially that rotund guy who has trouble squeezing out of his showy sports cars. Even today he couldn't't resist a dig at Australia's most popular state Premier ever.
McGowan will be a very hard act to follow and three very capable ministers have put up their hands to take over.
I'd like to see a statue of him made in Perth for his Stewardship of our State. His management of the Pandemic surely saved many thousands of lives. Western Australia was touted the safest place on Earth re Covid. Even the usually very conservative electorates voted for him. He was the right man at the right time for the job and almost all saw that, even the elite in their leafy riverside and beachside suburbs.
As a Naval Officer, Lawyer and long time Labor Politician he had the skills to navigate Western Australia, the biggest state, with grit, determination, intelligence and strategic thinking.
Some hated him with threats to attack his office, his home, his family,... a long line of nutters from rabid anti vaxers, separated families, businesses, ..., pushy other states, litigation attempts to breach our borders, ..... He held tight despite himself being dragged over the judicial coals by vexatious litigants, one in particular ...
Other more populous states trying to rob our gst as well.
Even I thought he looked tired and exhausted, like recently having to deal with Criminal Youths' Detention Facilities and Crime sprees, ...
I was sad he hadn't better funded the Health System in WA given his big budget Surplus.
... born in God's country too Terry
Grier
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Yes, he was from NSW Craig but fell in love with WA, as one does!
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
What was it?
The flood filter apparently. Dont ask me what that is.
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This is the threshold where hydrogen atoms can begin to fuse into helium, releasing sustainable energy in the process that could put an end to fossil fuels.
Described as the 'holy grail', the milestone was achieved using the ST40 'spherical tokamak' – a 'cored-apple' shaped nuclear device in Oxfordshire – and the team is now working on a fusion reactor that can connect to the national grid in the 2030s.
The milestone is short of the record set by Chinese scientists in 2021, who ran their reactor at 120 million degrees Celsius.