“Ring-a-ring-a rosy a pocket full of posies, a tissue a tissue we all fall down” and that’s exactly what everyone’s doing. The black death has been in Sydney for a while now and everyone is dying, including my mother. I have been forced to work for an undertaker cleaning up bodies and blood stains “You’ll never see a dead body Angelina, it’s not that bad!” What rubbish! I only get $1 a week, that’s only enough for two meals a day, whereas men get $2, how sexist! Father does not even contribute to my income as he is always out on the sea. The twins are always saying that they do not even have a father because he is always out, they have only seen him twice in their life and they are now six years old. Father sends a telegram every month to tell us what he is doing.
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Oh, how I miss her, I remember just before she passed we went together to watch ‘The Squatter's Daughter’ by Bert Baily. That was the best birthday present I could have ever imagined. Mother always wanted an automobile, but we are too poor. Automobiles are very expensive.
(Grab the newspaper while sighing) Australia has just federated, which means the six separate British self-governing colonies and all Australia’s states agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, that’s all the news is full of. Hmm what else is happening in the world (read more) Oh no Queen Victoria just passed away, God dam it I liked her.
Thank God, my shift is finally over, and the sun is begging to set! I must hurry and get home back to my siblings. On the way I must remember to buy a loaf of bread, milk, flour and tea, which should be about 15 cents if I’m correct. My maths isn’t that good because my father forced me out of school last year when I was 13, but my mother wanted me to stay in school to become very intelligent and
Oh, how I miss her, I remember just before she passed we went together to watch ‘The Squatter's Daughter’ by Bert Baily. That was the best birthday present I could have ever imagined. Mother always wanted an automobile, but we are too poor. Automobiles are very expensive.
(Grab the newspaper while sighing) Australia has just federated, which means the six separate British self-governing colonies and all Australia’s states agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, that’s all the news is full of. Hmm what else is happening in the world (read more) Oh no Queen Victoria just passed away, God dam it I liked her.
Thank God, my shift is finally over, and the sun is begging to set! I must hurry and get home back to my siblings. On the way I must remember to buy a loaf of bread, milk, flour and tea, which should be about 15 cents if I’m correct. My maths isn’t that good because my father forced me out of school last year when I was 13, but my mother wanted me to stay in school to become very intelligent and