[Oe List ...] Aussies, catch us up

[Isobel and Jim Bishop]

Hello George and dear colleagues,
John has put the situation very succintly. I/we am/are still in a  
sort of shock, though glad deep down of the change to Julia. I  
admired Kevin Rudd because he is the first Prime Minister to have  
said a genuine " Sorry " to the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. He  
also addressed the people who came as child migrants ( many were  
orphans or had dysfunctional family life back in the UK ), after the  
turmoil of WW2- who were in often terrible Children's Homes-  many of  
whom were severely verbally and sexually abused -  even by Nuns, as  
well as Government run Homes..... These  folk are now in their 60's,  
70's and 80' s. and have waited for 50 years for some sort of justice.
There is a lengthy list of good moves and reforms he made, in only  
two and a half years. Another Prime MInister Gough Whitlam, worked  
also at such a pace, in the 19770's although he was not removed in  
the midst of his first term as PM.
The people of Barry, Wales, are really celebrating that a girl from  
their town has become Prime  Minister  of Australia!  Julia  and her  
family left Wales in 1966, she was about 5;  because she suffered  
from Pneumonia, and it was  suggested that she live in a warmer  
climate, so they settled in Adelaide.
Greetings  from the south land to you all,
Isobel BIshop.

On 25/06/2010, at 5:20 AM, George Holcombe wrote:

> You are correct, sir.  I stand corrected.
>
> Still want to know what's up down under.
>
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> On Jun 24, 2010, at 12:15 PM, Adam Thomson wrote:
>
>> Careful, George - Wales is one country, England is another. Both  
>> are in the UK...
>>
>> Yours, Adam
>>
>> END OF MESSAGE
>> At 12:00 24/06/2010, you wrote:
>>> Aussie colleagues, I understand from the BBC that you now have  
>>> the first woman PM, Ms. Julia Gillard, and she was born in Wales,  
>>> England.  What's up?
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10393918.stm
>>>
>>> George Holcombe
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>>>
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