From Melbourne
8.10.84
Dear Alan, Lorna, Melissa and Jolene,
It
was nice to receive the letters from Melissa and Jolene. Jolene is just like
the drawings the children do at the kindergarten. I was glad you liked the
books. I have put more in a box that I am sending over for Christmas. One is a
big book to share and the others you can decide between yourselves.
In your
last letter you said a friend was coming to Melbourne he hasn’t been in touch
with us but we were not sure when he was coming. If you remember I put in an
article from the paper by a senator who had been to South Africa. I made a
mistake I said he must have been Liberal because a Labour man would have been
more anti South Africa Government. But he was a Labour man! He was Shadow Minister
for Foreign Affairs who should have known a bit.
I am
sorry Lorna I have taken so long to get the photos I am enclosing. I really am
not very good at taking close-ups – not bad on scenery. I took 7 photos of Lois
before I got this one. I only had to take three of Beverley before I got a
decent photo. Both of them a reasonable likeness of them. Maybe it is time I
got a camera that I don’t have to focus.
We
haven’t forgotten to send you a wedding present it was just too hard to think
of something we could send so we have decided to send you some money. There
must be something you would like to buy. I would rather bought something but
all things II thought of were not suitable to send. We should have been quicker
but I don’t know the time just disappears. Before we know it Christmas will be
here. Parcels to reach you by Christmas have to be sent next week.
We have
been reading a lot more news about South Africa in the paper lately. When there
is trouble it makes news. Do you ever see anything about Australia. We only
seem to be worried about what are really minor problems in most country but we
make them into major problems because that is all we have.
Pamela
is finding life is very different where she is. It is very poor but they have plenty
of food and nothing else. She says the king is more worried about his few sheep
(which are in a paddock opposite Pam’s house) than the people. They are the
only sheep in Tonga and haven’t been sheared since they came. Wouldn’t it be
wonderful if that was the only sort of problem that most countries had? Can you
think of something better for Jolene and Melissa to call me other than Mrs
Carlton.
Love
from Mum
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