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    An Australian Girlhood

    From Before the Great Depression to Post War Sydney

    by Iris Emily Milner

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    The story of a Sydney girl, born after World War 1 into a family of four much older siblings, motherless at seven, estranged from her father and most of her extended family from the age of twelve, destined to leave school at fourteen to work in a factory, who fell on love on a blind date at the age of eighteen, on the eve of his going to Canterbury Race Course for the first training camp for his army Call-up. "It was New Year's Eve 1941 and there was to be a party at one of our friend's home. I felt really carefree and happy. In a few hours it would be 1942 and I would be 18. Most of the young people I knew were there, all of us wanting to be happy and enjoy ourselves. Big changes to our lives were only days away and probably most of the boys would be in uniform within a few months."Iris interweaves the everyday of Sydney life of a child, teen and young woman during these times of the Great Depression and World War 2 with the devastation afflicting the world, the juxtaposition of one highlighting the other. Iris paints the pictures of herself and Ivan caught in the whirlpool of history, with amazing effect. "He sent word to be at Central Railway. There was a huge crowd of relatives waiting, the train arrived, the troops alighted but were marshalled at the far end of the platform. I decided I'd go down the parallel platform opposite the soldiers to try to find out something. I called out his mates' names, they told me to go home. By the time I got back to the Milner family, the troops were marching down the platform, all the waiting people could do was touch hands with their men as they went through to board the troop train to Brisbane."Despite her early losses, attempted sexual assaults, workplace bullying, religious and class bigotry, she retained a sense of self worth and self belief, lessons worthy of learning.
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    • Primary Category: Biographies & Memoirs
    • Additional Categories Australia, Family History / Family Tree
    • Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
      # of Pages: 174
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      • Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9780645158809
      • Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9781006956287
      • Softcover: 9781006956294
    • Publish Date: May 18, 2021
    • Language English
    • Keywords Australia, Sydney, WW II, Iris
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    About the Creator
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    Carolyn Milner
    Australia

    Carolyn Milner (1947- ) born Hurstville, Sydney, NSW, Australia, the first girl in her family to complete high school, dux in her Leaving Certificate year, winning two scholarships, and first to attend university, becoming a high school mathematics teacher. She loved being a Sunday School teacher, attending church, singing in choirs, performing in physical culture and school concerts, ballroom dancing and being a Girl Guide. She married and raised five children. For ten years she was a NMAA group leader, branch president, and telephone counsellor. Completing her M.Ed (School Counselling), while juggling the demands of a newborn and four older children, working as a school counsellor for 17 years, then a private psychologist, and an EMDRAA Accredited Consultant, she authored a book about overcoming emotional eating with EMDR therapy. She has served on many professional and community committees and boards.

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