Our Fathers

What do our fathers mean to us, and to the world out there?

Former students at a primary school's fiftieth reunion asked themselves these questions. The result is this book.

Their fathers were returning from Australian war service in the 1950s, or leaving Europe for a better life, or moving from country to city in search of careers. In twenty-six very different stories, sons and daughters give snapshots of their fathers' lives, creating a fascinating panorama of Australia undergoing change in a particular time and place.

These stories of 'everyday heroes' glow with love and fun - tinged with occasional sadness.

Judy Macpherson Kent studied Honours Arts at Flinders, became a teacher, moved to Melbourne and taught for a year before becoming involved in academic research when she lived in Darwin immediately after Cyclone Tracy. She now consults to organisations through Melbourne Business School, having attained her Masters and Doctorate in Organisation Dynamics in the past few years. She has been married for 40 years to Wayne and has two wonderful sons, Simon and Nathan, both in the advertising/media industry, who constantly remind her not to take herself too seriously. Andrew Collett AM studied Arts/Law at Adelaide University during the Vietnam War. Consequently he looked for something that combined the practice of law with political activism and established a practice in Aboriginal legal rights, which still keeps him off the streets.He has lived in the Adelaide square mile since 1975 and carried on his Linden Park sporting pursuits of lacrosse and cricket to university and beyond as well as running some slow marathons far from home. However, his sporting highlight was catching up with his old Linden Park pals Don Cranwell and Phil Higgins to play cricket for Kensington and football for Sturt.In the 1990s he established a small shiraz vineyard in McLaren Vale, which produces a palatable antidote to the rigours of the law.In 2014 Andrew was awarded an AM for significant service to the law, as a supporter of Indigenous legal rights, and through contributions to professional organisations. He is married with two sons.

What do our fathers mean to us, and to the world out there? Former students at a primary school's fiftieth reunion asked themselves these questions. The result is this book. Their fathers were returning from Australian war service in the 1950s, or leaving Europe for a better life, or moving from country to city in search of careers. In twenty-six very different stories, sons and daughters give snapshots of their fathers' lives, creating a fascinating panorama of Australia undergoing change in a particular time and place. These stories of 'everyday heroes' glow with love and fun - tinged with occasional sadness.

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