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25.01.2022 I was born in Pingelly WA and spent the first part of my life in Coolbellup until I was twelve. From there I moved back to Pingelly, where I lived until I was thirty. As for whether I prefer the city or country, I’m on the fence because I love both and have family in both places. I am the eldest in my family with one brother and two sisters. I am married to a beautiful Noongar Yorga and we have three beautiful children, two boys and a girl all of whom are my world. I first...Continue reading

22.01.2022 I’m from North London, which is where I grew up and went to school. I grew up in a beautiful family. My grandparents brought me up. We had a twenty-seven-foot motor cruiser. I had a fantastic childhood playing on the water on weekends and school holidays. I couldn’t have wished for anything better as a child. The happiest moment of my life was when my husband made me an honest woman and married me. We met when we were fourteen and he’s the love of my life. We’ve been togethe...Continue reading

21.01.2022 I was born in Kumalling, which is what Goomalling used to be called before they changed the name. I wasn’t born in the hospital either; I was born out in the bush. According to the so-called government of the day, our ancestors weren’t allowed in hospitals. My parents were both born in New Norcia. I had four brothers but now I only have one of them left. I was six and my younger brother was four when we got picked up by the police on the 10th of November 1951. My dad used t...Continue reading

14.01.2022 Part 1 - Angi McCluskey I grew up in Essex in the United Kingdom and I came to Australia in 1990 with my husband Michael and our three children. We have one daughter and two sons. Michael and I always planned to emigrate, but then the children came along. We were married at eighteen and so now we’ve been married for fifty-one years. We actually found out I was pregnant at our interview at Australia House, so they said it was best not to travel when you’re pregnant. A few yea...Continue reading

13.01.2022 Thanks Eliza for sharing your story. ‘My advice would be take changes and go out of your comfort zone. I was very shy and my job has forced me go out and talk to people’ Eliza’s story appears in the Humans of the Wheatbelt book that can be accessed via www.wheatbelt.com.au or via any Wheatbelt library or CRC or at our Northam or Toodyay clinics. ... #wheatbelt #inclusion #humansofthewheatbelt

11.01.2022 My parents are Bob and Nancy Freebairn. I am the 2nd eldest of 8 kids (3 boys and 5 girls). I was born and raised up in Morawa. I learnt on how to drive on the farm dad shared farm with Colin Noble and his sister Beryl Mauritz. Dad would tow a car behind the tractor and I had to steer it. I then would drive tractors after school. Dad also taught me on how to drive a truck. My older brother Mark, and my sister Dot, we would help dad with the ploughing up the paddocks, read...Continue reading

09.01.2022 Part 1 I’m from Alberta, Canada and I grew up in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Lots of snow, cold, skiingthat was where I grew up. Everyone plays hockey on the frozen lakes but I preferred to ski. There are five of us children in total, as our parents divorced and remarried. I moved to Australia in 2009. First, I lived in Adelaide, then Melbourne and finally up to Broome. I was in Broome for about ten years and it was hard to leaveI loved it up there. I had a feel...Continue reading

09.01.2022 When I first came to Australia, the first place I worked was in my sister’s bakery in York for a couple of years. Now we’ve lived in Northam for nearly six years, where we run a local bakery. We love Northam; it’s such a peaceful place. We work hard but we really enjoy ourselves. When we sell our products to customers and they’re happy, then we’re happy too. I met my husband at primary school and we went to the same high school together. Now we have three children; two gir...ls and one boy. The eldest was born in Vietnam and the younger ones were born here. The kids speak both Vietnamese and English. I try to speak Vietnamese to them at home so they can learn the language. Whenever I’m having a difficult time, they always come and help me. I have a lot of family back in Vietnam, such as my parents, my sister and my brother. Every Christmas we close the shop for three weeks and go back to Vietnam to visit everyone. It’s a great time of year. My piece of advice for anyone is to always do your best and always remember that family is the best. Whenever you have a difficult time in life, remember that family is there for you. Don’t waste your time together and try to be happy. Keep working, keep studying and keep smiling. Human - Trang Nguyen Interviewer & photographer - Anna Cornish Writer - Guy Salvidge Humans of the Wheatbelt is a Wheatbelt Health Network project. Shire of Northam Northam Fresh Bread Bakery Northam Chamber of Commerce Vietnam in Australia Multicultural Australia Australian Multicultural Community Services Inc. Vietnamese Community in Australia WA Chapter

08.01.2022 We celebrate the amazing contributions and achievements that Kathy Davis has made in the Wheatbelt for NAIDOC week. See her Humans of the Wheatbelt story.. shorturl.at/bwIJ0... #wheatbelt #community #celebrate

07.01.2022 Charlie Dick - Part 1 of 2 Goomalling is my home town. I went to school at the Sacred Heart Convent there and then to Northam Senior High School for a short time. I’ve got something like fifteen or sixteen brothers and sisters all up, but I’m the oldest. Growing up in Goomalling was great and we were lucky to be around good people, both black and white. We played a lot of sport like country people do, especially Aboriginal people. We played cricket but Aussie Rules was the b...Continue reading

07.01.2022 Part 2 - Darren I’ve been in social work for a number of years, but I was a chef before all this. I found that I really enjoyed working with people struggling with mental health challenges and understanding what was going on in their life. When I decided I wanted a career change, I went into mental health nursing. Food, feelings not that big of a gap! At first I was working in hospitals, but I struggled with that as it felt like warehousing. A lot of clients would say thin...Continue reading

04.01.2022 Part 2 - Angi McCluskey My husband Michael was diagnosed with younger-onset dementia about five years ago. He had a minor traffic incident and I think that brought everything to a head. I realised he had no comprehension of what had happened, but when Michael saw the doctor he was advised he was too young and dressed too nicely to have Alzheimer’s and given a prescription for gout. It took about a year to get the correct diagnosis. ...Continue reading

02.01.2022 Thanks Anna for sharing your story. ‘My advice in life would be get as much education as you can, keep glass away from toddlers and see the world’ https://tinyurl.com/y6glanzq... Anna’s story is in the Wheatbelt of the Wheatbelt book. The book can be downloaded www.wheatbelt.com.au or accessed at any Wheatbelt CRC or Library. #community #wheatbelt #inclusion