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A Biography of a Bendigo Couple Whose Small Richmond House Becomes a Refuge for Family
出版Raymond K Watson, 2016-09-29
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralHistory / Australia & New Zealand
ISBN09875984149780987598417
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KNcFkAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Unexpected whimsical overtones of make-believe Camelot percolate through this sequel to Stories from a Starry Summer Night as its text and 121 illustrations unwrap the biography of a Bendigo couple whose small Richmond house becomes a family refuge. Along a bumpy road of life which jolted them this way and that, Mary Patton and James Watson brought up four children, hosted a procession of relatives, and endured a Depression and two World Wars. They had spent most of their formative years around Bendigo where a 1916 Queen Competition first brought them together. Subsequently, they married and set up a home in Richmond where they lived for the next half-century. Then another Queen Carnival lit a fuse under a renewed burst of community activity, this time centred mainly on the parish of St James North Richmond. Through their lives they wrestled with issues testing their ability to use their creative enterprise to maintain their values of hope, faith, trust, and caring for others. Their joys, sorrows, achievements, and failures emerge as their lives intersect with those of their family, their acquaintances, and the community in general. Along the way, their story sheds light on the social, political, and religious history of Bendigo before the end of World War 1 and of Richmond in the following half century.