A personal tale of the transformation of Melbourne's cultural wasteland of the 1970's to the world-class arts centre it is today.
Tool maker at Holden working with new migrants on HQ - the standard Aussie car of all time!
This city has a certain warmth about it where people are very open and caring. This is a special place.
Arriving in Australia from another country as a youngster can be a devastating experience for those who come to settle in this country. That is depending on the age of the individual who has already left his close friends and family behind to make it in the new country down under.
Pianist Kathryn Selby tells of leaving Australia to study in the US as a prodigiously talented child and then choosing to coming home to begin her own family and continue her career as a professional musician.
My life changed dramatically in 1972 when my father took me to hear the “Giants of Jazz”.
In the 1970s Melbourne Australia was a very different place.