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» Story Tale, Southern Cross
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

Charles Christopher O'Shaughnessy, an Irish migrant from Londonderry...

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» Story Tale, Notes On Perspective
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

After one of my public addresses I received the following anonymous letter.

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» Story Tale, Shaving Soup
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

"Soup pliss!" he said to the girl behind the counter.

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» Story Tale, Justice Of The Peace
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

Maksim Kovsh, a simple, modest man from Ruthenia, was very happy in his new homeland.

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» Story Tale, Three Great Speeches
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

One of those speeches was held on one of the anniversaries of mass deportations of 1941 which the Baltic people in the free world commemorate every year.

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» Story Tale, Three Fishing Stories
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

It happened in Adelaide in those memorable days when all newcomers, who took refuge in Australia after the Second World War, had to pay the price for their freedom by working in factories or doing labouring work elsewhere no matter what their abilities or qualifications were.

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» Story Tale, Buying Furniture
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

A nice Hungarian chap Tibor Nagy saved some money for the deposit and bought a house.

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» Story Tale, Dairy
By David Marquis | Published 12/24/2008 | DB | Unrated

There was a sudden and severe economic setback in the whole country, so that instead of the normal post-war boom and chronic shortage of workers, work became scarce and hard to find.

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» Story Tale, Second Caruso
By David Marquis | Published 12/24/2008 | DB | Unrated

Before the great upheaval Andres Mednis, a Latvian musician, used to play first violin in a certain symphonic orchestra in Riga and had made a good name in his native country as a composer.

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» Story Tale, Healing Chickens
By David Marquis | Published 12/24/2008 | DB | Unrated

People sometimes suddenly reduce their consumption of alcohol almost to the point of total abstention for a great variety of reasons.

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» Story Tale, Holden Himself
By David Marquis | Published 12/24/2008 | DB | Unrated

He was a simple, stocky man of unassuming appearance and I met him at the Commonwealth Employment Office, where I went to report as a contract worker after being transferred to Adelaide.

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» Story Tale, Melbourne Cup
By David Marquis | Published 12/24/2008 | DB | Unrated

It was my first visit to Sydney and it took place soon after my arrival in Australia in the wake of the Second World War.

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» Story Tale, Brown Windsor Soup
By David Marquis | Published 12/24/2008 | DB | Unrated

This happened in a hostel for Australian workers which was the best one in the whole state.

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» Story Tale, Estonian Sonata
By David Marquis | Published 12/24/2008 | DB | Unrated

Ilmar Room was a musician; he had graduated before the outbreak of the World War II in the Conservatoire of Tallinn as a violinist and married his fellow student, who graduated at the same time as a pianist.

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» Story Tale, Yes, Sir!
By David Marquis | Published 12/24/2008 | DB | Unrated

Railway buildings maintenance foreman Mr. Harry Stottle was taken to task by the Big Boss himself for still not having carried out a small, but urgent job at a certain railway station, a task which was scheduled for the current financial year.

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» Story Tale, How Jonas Became An Australian
By David Marquis | Published 12/23/2008 | DB | Unrated

Yes, it is quite a hard job for an European migrant to get accustomed to the ways and habits of Australians.

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» Story Tale, Bride's Guardian
By David Marquis | Published 12/23/2008 | DB | Unrated

In a worker's hostel somewhere in Australia...

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» Story Tale, Bowler
By David Marquis | Published 12/23/2008 | DB | Unrated

You say that there was not much sense in the way Displaced Persons were employed in Australia when they arrived here as contract workers.

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» Story Tale, Glorious View
By David Marquis | Published 12/23/2008 | DB | Unrated

I had a friend who was able to save some money and wanted to buy a house.

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» Story Tale, Cockroach
By David Marquis | Published 12/23/2008 | DB | Unrated

This little scene took place in the city market.

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» Story Tale, Opportunity To Learn English
By David Marquis | Published 12/23/2008 | DB | Unrated

Three good friends of mine were about to leave the DP Camp in Germany to migrate to Australia.

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» Story Tale, Shall And Will
By David Marquis | Published 12/23/2008 | DB | Unrated

Soon after my arrival in Australia I went to a pub just to see what kind of a place an Australian pub was.

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» Story Tale, Roof Of Promise
By David Marquis | Published 12/23/2008 | DB | Unrated

They travelled by car between two distant capital cities of Australia.

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» Story Tale, Invasion Of England
By David Marquis | Published 12/21/2008 | DB | Unrated

In a factory somewhere in Australia, where I happened to work while serving my contract term, I had, as my mates, two Bills — Big Bill and Small Bill.

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» Story Tale, Famous Name
By David Marquis | Published 12/21/2008 | DB | Unrated

It was a wet, unstable Australian winter day of 1949.

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