From Barmera to Hiroshima and a Papal blessing
There will be very few people still alive who can bear first-hand witness to the devastation caused by the world’s most infamous nuclear explosion but a former grape grower from Loxton is one of them.
There will be very few people still alive who can bear first-hand witness to the devastation caused by the world’s most infamous nuclear explosion but a former grape grower from Loxton is one of them.
As families around the State honour mums this Mother’s Day, it will be an extra special celebration for one Magill great grandmother who is about to reach a major birthday milestone.
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Not many Catholics receive two papal blessings in their lifetime but there is no doubt that Esther Jordan has been a blessing to the Australian Church since leaving her family behind in Ireland as a 16-year-old girl to join the Presentation Sisters in Geraldton, WA.
Graham Spurling thought he was quite the man about town as he wore his flashy blue suit to a party for students who had graduated from St Aloysius College and Christian Brothers College in December 1953.
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