tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post8955902363099843748..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: ANOTHER EARLY PLANNED WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SETTLEMENT THAT ENDED IN FAILUREMimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-76028085383952762632013-10-06T15:57:51.311+08:002013-10-06T15:57:51.311+08:00A rocky start for Rockingham. It's a good thin...A rocky start for Rockingham. It's a good thing our early settlers were made of tough stuff. I can't imagine doing the same these days. Yet it wasn't so long ago immigrants came from other countries after the war to Australia with nothing much more than the clothes on their backs, just hoping to be allowed to work and settle, build a home, raise a family. We accepted them, they integrated and all was well. Still they didn't have it as hard as the first settlers. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-45944494190401979272013-10-06T14:20:08.181+08:002013-10-06T14:20:08.181+08:00Shaky indeed but fortunately many survived as did ...Shaky indeed but fortunately many survived as did their descendants.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-13978557104985735082013-10-06T14:19:11.738+08:002013-10-06T14:19:11.738+08:00You are so right in your comments. I often say to...You are so right in your comments. I often say to Phil "how would the modern generation survive under hardships?" No counselling back then whatever problems you had suffered. You really do have to take your hat off to these intrepid early settlers and be thankful they made the effort.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-775226531164837562013-10-06T04:55:10.917+08:002013-10-06T04:55:10.917+08:00I am in awe at the courage of those first settlers...I am in awe at the courage of those first settlers. To make the dangerous trip in the first place, to be separated (probably forever) from family, and then to undergo such hardships. How would people today manage without phones, electricity, food, shelter...? I don't think many of us would survive.<br />I am really enjoying this series. Thank you.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-76928119601457739222013-10-05T21:19:34.226+08:002013-10-05T21:19:34.226+08:00A very shaky beginning indeed.A very shaky beginning indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-39703258709733462832013-10-05T19:20:27.516+08:002013-10-05T19:20:27.516+08:00Yes Buttons, it really makes you realise how well ...Yes Buttons, it really makes you realise how well off we are today even if we are not rich. I have been leaning so much about our local history and really enjoying it. We have a lot to thank our early settlers for. xMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-59230615358849005312013-10-05T19:19:17.768+08:002013-10-05T19:19:17.768+08:00Yes our early settlers needed lots of intestinal f...Yes our early settlers needed lots of intestinal fortitude. You have to take your hats off to them but then times were very hard in England and they were willing to risk all for a hopefully better life. <br />Nice to see you tapping the keys once again and our weekend is going quietly but well. Hopes your is too. xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-24000143272143422052013-10-05T18:54:14.928+08:002013-10-05T18:54:14.928+08:00Wow Mimsie to think what those poor souls went thr...Wow Mimsie to think what those poor souls went through makes me sad. Great history to learn from though. Hug BButtons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-45932201111893167332013-10-05T17:10:15.183+08:002013-10-05T17:10:15.183+08:00Hari OM
Deary me, the old adventurous spirit and d...Hari OM<br />Deary me, the old adventurous spirit and desperate measures tactics of the pioneer...much is worth but so much is not. Thanks for this post Mimsie - am back from the mountains and busy tapping the keys again! Hope you are having a good weekend. YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.com