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Marjory Turner was born on the 25th January, 1929, at Penrith. After leaving school at age 15, Marjory worked at Selfridges, Parramatta, and later at a factory in St Marys. Marjory married in 1948 and lived with her husband's family until the couple…

Marjorie Heath was born on 28th January, 1926. Marjorie and her husband owned a large poultry farm at Blacktown, near Prospect Reservoir.

Marie Sing was born on 10th March, 1930, at Wellington, NSW. She moved with her family to Blacktown at age 15. Marie mentions that her family were not happy about her marrying a man with a Chinese background at first, but eventually accepted it. Both…

Margaret Taylor was born on 23rd February, 1932, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Margaret's family moved to Australia when she was 18, settling first at Kingswood and later at Mt Druitt. After leaving school at age 14, Margaret gained a job at St.…

Judith Eastwell was born on 14th September, 1945, and lived in Quakers Hill from age 2. Judith's father was the Postmaster at Quakers Hill post office from about 1950 onwards. Judith married and had six children, and eventually took over as…

Joyce Moon was born on 15th March, 1921, at Beelbangera, near Griffith in NSW. Her father worked on Burrinjuck Dam before buying a poultry farm at Schofields, when Joyce was aged 2. Joyce married at age 22 and moved to Riverstone with her husband.…

Joyce McKelvey was born on 16th August, 1918, at Blacktown. Joyce's father was a baker and the family lived in the main street of Blacktown with the bakery in the back of the residence. Joyce recalls seeing the cattle herded through the main street…

Joy Willis was born on 5th February, 1926 at St. Marys. Joy attended school in St Marys and Penrith. After leaving school Joy worked for Manpower, who would place her at various locations doing 'war work', until the end of World War 2 in 1945. Joy…

Joan Jeffrey was born on 21st June, 1926, at Mudgee. At age 8 she moved with her family to Blacktown, where her father worked as one of two local policemen. The family lived in the police station until the building was demolished to make way for…

Iris Hanna was born on 30th November, 1914, at Lismore. Her father ran a dairy farm at Lismore. Iris married in 1944 and moved to Plumpton at that time, to live on a large poultry farm with her new husband. Iris and her husband had seven children…