Through Their Eyes

Description

Australia has changed dramatically over the past century.  How better to view these changes than through the eyes of Australians who have lived long lives in historically significant localities?

Many Jobs that were once part of everyday society no longer exist.  Tales from a crocodile hunter, tin miner, blade shearer and karri timber-getter reveal an adventures pioneering spirit. Rural towns have disappeared from the nation’s maps like Wilson in the Flinders ranges and Old Adaminaby in the Snowy Mountains.  Former residents tell how this came about.

Some social policies have had heart-breaking consequences.  A member of the stolen generation and a psychiatric nurse expose a harsh reality.

The ‘windjammers’ anchored off Wallaroo, the screw steamers plying the water of the Gippsland Lakes, and the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp built on the outskirts of Cowra may have all vanished, but memories of them still linger with those who saw them during their childhoods.

Despite their different life experiences, the twenty-four storytellers have one thing in common-they all posses a remarkable sense of resilience that has enabled them to cope with the incessant winds of change.