“Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had any tendency to consumption, the climate must have helped me.” IfsLongMotherMiddleClimateTendenciesAustraliaConsumption Book:An autobiography Source: An autobiography
“As a four-year-old, my mother told me I was climbing the fence, jumping off and calling myself an 'eppyplane'... I bought books on aeroplanes, I followed everything in the newspapers about aeroplanes. Amy Johnson flew to Australia in 1930 - why couldn't I do something like that?” YearsBookMotherFourCallingNewspapersAustraliaClimbingFour YearsFenceJumpingJohnsonFlewAeroplanes1930sAmyJumping Off Author:Nancy Bird Walton
“Let’s not ask Barbara Walters about how Muslim women feel. Let’s not ask Tom Brokaw how Muslim women feel. Let’s not ask CNN, ABC, FOX, The London Times, or the Australia Times. Let’s not ask non-Muslims how Muslim women feel, how they live, what are their principles, and what are their challenges. If you want to be fair, ask a Muslim woman. Ask my wife. Ask my mother. Ask a Muslim woman who knows her religion, who has a relationship with her Creator, who is stable in her society, understands her responsibilities. Ask her.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsMotherAsksChallengesResponsibilityPrinciplesWifeFairsCreatorMy WifeLondonAustraliaStableTomsFoxesCnnBarbaraMuslim Women Author:Khalid Yasin
“We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the manager of the wool scour there. And, Ilfracombe was right at the heart of Australia's great wool industry, and my mother was a teacher at Winton.” HeartMotherFatherTeacherIndustryRootsWestManagersAustraliaWool Author:Quentin Bryce