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Lindsay Laurie
Born in the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne in 1946 and as a child I lived at Deer Park before my family moved to Longwarry in West Gippsland. I have one brother who was born at the Warragul Ho...view moreBorn in the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne in 1946 and as a child I lived at Deer Park before my family moved to Longwarry in West Gippsland. I have one brother who was born at the Warragul Hospital in 1948.
For forty-five years I lived at Longwarry, being educated at the Longwarry State School and the Drouin High School. I left school at sixteen and for thirty years worked in the dairy industry at Longwarry Milk Factory, employed by four company’s working as a butter maker, dryer operator and at times either a cream room or milk room operator. I never moved but the companies did. For four tomato seasons I worked for White Crow as an evaporator operator. Ill health with a muscle wasting disease forced me to retire eventually.
My sporting interests have always been Australian Rules football, Cricket and playing Basketball. I played all my football and cricket for Longwarry, but played basketball for a number of clubs.
My hobbies over the years have ranged from keeping aviary birds, especially finches, growing native fruit plants as well as attempting to grow everything I could from either seed or cuttings. I am one of the founding members of the modern and very successful Longwarry fishing club that in it’s first three years won a number of state trophies. My preference was river fishing for either blackfish or the Gippsland freshwater crayfish.
I have been married twice. My first marriage failed after seven years and from that marriage I have three children, Karen, Janet and Brad. My second marriage with Joy has seen a long and happy period of thirty-two years. We have three children, Teresa, Glenn and Megan, plus nine grand children, and a tenth grand child due.
I also keep in constant touch with my brother Ron, who lives in Melbourne. He is a constant source of information toward my writing.
From 1993 until 2010 I lived in Irymple Victoria, and today, I am back in my home town Longwarry in Gippsland and because of my disability, I spend most of my time writing about the people in my life, and of course as you will read, fictional people who I do not wish to have in my life through this Creek family.
November 1 2012
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Books by Lindsay Laurie
Creek Culture Fourth Selection Punchline Joke Poetry First Selection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLotto Troppo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Punchline Joke Poetry Fourth Selection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Carnage from Fords Beach Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReptales Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPunchline Joke Poetry Second Selection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCreek Culture Second Selection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGhost Train Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings