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"When the Queen first visited Australia in 1954, my mother almost did not get
to see her.
Like millions of other school kids, Mum was expected to join the throng
flocking to glimpse the young royal.
The problem was, my mother didn't have any socks.
She was a dirt-poor Aboriginal kid living in a tin humpy on the outskirts of
Coonabarabran, in north-west NSW. Socks were a luxury. Clothes and shoes were
shared among a dozen siblings.
The school said no socks, no go for the trip to Dubbo to see the Queen. Mum's
older brother had made the royal trek a day earlier and met Mum at the back
fence between the primary and high schools and threw his socks over.
It is a memory that has stayed with Mum. She has told me the story many times —
wearing her brother's cast-off socks to see the Queen."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
