Kuchokera pamene ndinachoka ku Australia, ulendo umodzi sunakwaniritsidwebe. Zimaphatikizapo kupita kumpoto ku New South Wales, ku tawuni yakale yamalire yotchedwa Ballina, yomwe ndi katangale waku Ireland wa liwu lachi Aboriginal lotanthauza "kuchuluka". Amayi anga Elsie anafika ku Ballina mu 1920, ali yekha, ali ndi zaka 19. Panali pakati pausiku. Anayenda mtunda wa makilomita 500 kuchokera ku Sydney, atagulitsa mabuku ake kuti alipire, zomwe dipatimenti ya zamaphunziro inanena kuti ndi "udindo wa omwe ali ndi mwayi wophunzitsa". Iyi inali ntchito yake yoyamba yophunzitsa; mโmasiku amenewo munaphunzitsa kumene munatumizidwa.
Njanjiyo inali itathera mโthengo, ndipo apaulendo oลตerengeka amene anafika apa anakwezedwa mโgalimoto yokhala ndi maunyolo pamagudumu ake; njanji inali patsogolo. Patatha masiku awiri chichokereni ku Sydney, adadzutsidwa ndikuuzidwa kuti ali ku Ballina. โPepani Abiti,โ dalaivalayo anatero. Chikwama chako chasiyidwa kwina.
Muzovala zomwezo komanso zosweka, adayenda mumsewu wautali wafumbi womwe unali msewu wawukulu wa Ballina, wotakata mokwanira kuti gulu la ng'ombe litembenuke, kudutsa WJ Pickering Outfitters ndi bwalo lamilandu ndi kutsekera, kupita ku 19th ina yokhayo- Century sandstone nyumba, sukulu. Iye analemba kuti: โPamene ndinadzionetsera ndekha, mkulu wasukulu anali kalikiliki kutsegulira malo ogulitsira mowa pafupi.โ Ndipo anakhala pa masitepe, nadikirira kufikira pamene iye anafuna, naledzeretsa ndi kupuma; monga ambiri a m'badwo wa Anzac uja, adawotchedwa mpiru ku Western Front.
"Mumaphunzitsa chiyani?" anamufunsa, ndipo iye anayankha kuti, โChifulenchi ndi Chilatini ndipo, ngati mukufuna, mbiri yakale ndi Chingelezi.โ
โMungabwererenso,โ iye anatero. โNdikufuna mphunzitsi wa masamu, ndipo ndikufuna wina amene sangachite mantha ndi akapoloโ โ kutanthauza mwamuna.
Iye sanabwerere. Anayang'anizana ndi makalasi a ana akutchire okwana 70, ambiri a iwo samadziwa kulemba ndi kuwerenga komanso akuvutika ndi makolo omwe ankafuna kuti ntchito yawo ibwerere kumunda. Malipiro ake anali ยฃ169 10s pachaka. Iye anali wa mbadwo wodabwitsa wa akazi ochita upainiya, amene sanapemphe phindu lakuthupi, amene ndalama zawo zinali kutsimikiza mtima ndi kulimba mtima.
Anakulira m'malo a malasha a Hunter Valley, kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Sydney, nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse isanayambe komanso ili mkati. Agogo ake aamuna anali Francis McCarty, munthu wa ku Ireland yemwe anafika pa khonde John Barry pa 7 November 1821, atavala, pamodzi ndi akaidi ena onse a ndale, zitsulo zolemera mapaundi anayi. Atapezeka ndi mlandu โwolumbira mosaloledwaโ, anaweruzidwa kuti akhale zaka 14 mโndende ya ku Antipodean ku Britain. Agogo ake aakazi anali Mary Palmer, hule la Whitechapel lomwe linaweruzidwa kuti likhale moyo mu "fakitale yachikazi" pafupi ndi Sydney chifukwa cha mlandu wochotsera kasitomala kusintha kwake; akanapachikidwa akadapanda kukhala ndi pakati. Anafika pa Lord Sidmouth, atadzaza makoswe, mu 1822. Anali ndi zaka 17.
Elsie anabadwa mwamsanga pambuyo pa kutha kwa zaka za zana lino, Elsie anali mmodzi yekha mwa ana asanu ndi anayi a mโbanja la migodi amene anamaliza maphunziro ake. M'bandakucha, amakwera sitima yamakampani a malasha kupita kusukulu yasekondale yatsopano ku East Maitland, komwe adapambana malo ndi bursary yoyamba yomwe adapatsidwa kusukulu yake yaying'ono ya pulaimale m'tawuni ya Kurri Kurri. Usiku, ankaลตerenga ndi kuphunzira pogwiritsa ntchito nyali ya mphepo yamkuntho kapena kandulo pansi pa bedi lake kapena pansi pa thanki lamadzi limene linaimirira pazitsulo mโmbali mwa nyumbayo. Mabuku ake anali oyamba amtundu wawo omwe banja lawo lidawona. Iye analemba kuti: โMaphunziro anga ena anachitika mโmaola ambiri amene ndinakhala kumanda kuwerengera chiwerengero cha anthu ogwira ntchito mโmigodi amene anaphedwa mwangozi ndi kukayikira chilungamo cha imfa yawo ndiponso mulungu amene tonsefe tinkapemphera kwa mayi anga usiku uliwonse. .โ
โNkhondo Yaikuluโ ndi Germany inadyetsedwa ndi antchito odzifunira a ku Australia ochokera mโmatauni aangโono akumalire; Afalansa okha, molingana, ndi amene anavulala kwambiri. Elsie anagulitsa sprigs za bush wattle kwa ndalama, zomwe zinatumizidwa ku Anzacs; anafunsanso mokweza chifukwa chake nsembe ya magazi yoteroyo inali ndi chochita ndi Australia. Iye analemba kuti: โNdinayamba kudana ndi nkhondo yawo; nthawi zonse ndi nkhondo yawo.โ Nduna yayikulu yaku Australia panthawiyo anali effete William Morris Hughes, yemwe zolankhula zake za "makhalidwe" zinali ngati za Tony Blair. Mโma referendum aลตiri, iye anayesa kubweretsa anthu olembedwa usilikali ndipo analephera, makamaka chifukwa cha ndawala ya akazi ku Australia konse, makamaka achichepere onga Elsie.
Ali ndi zaka 16, adafika ku yunivesite ya Sydney, komwe adakhala womaliza maphunziro ku Australia - kusiyana komwe kungakhalepobe. Banja lake panthaลตiyi linali litatukuka ndipo linasamukira ku malo otchedwa Merewether, ku nyumba ya paphiri, imene inali ndi firiji yoyamba imene ndinaionapo, ndi madzi otentha otuluka. Elsie sanakhaleko kumeneko. Ku Sydney, anakumana ndi Claude, mwana wamwamuna wa woyendetsa sitima wa ku Germany, amenenso anakulira ku Hunter Valley ndipo anasiya sukulu ali ndi zaka 14 kuti atsike mโdzenje. Monga wophunzira, anali ndi ufulu wokhala membala wa Mechanics Institute, omwe "nkhani za chikhalidwe, ndale ndi chikhalidwe" zinali maphunziro ake.
Elsie ankamuzembetsa mโlaibulale ya payunivesite kumene ankawerenga limodzi. Iwo anakhala socialists, ndipo iye membala wa International Industrial Workers of the World, "Wobblies".
Chakumapeto kwa chilimwe cha 1920, Elsie anatenga Claude kunyumba kuti akakumane ndi banja lake. Ali mโnjira anakumana ndi mchimwene wake wamkulu. โIwo akukuyembekezerani,โ iye anatero mwamantha. Kupitilira yekha, adapeza khoti labanja likukambirana. โMagwero a kuipidwako anali odziลตika bwino,โ iye analemba kuti: โMwana wamkazi wophunzira yekhayo anasiya kufuna kukwatiwa ndi Bolshie!โ
Tsopano atachotsedwa ndi banja lake, adanyamuka kupita ku Ballina. Zovala zake zinafika patatha miyezi iwiri, osalemba zolemba ndipo zidakutidwa ndi nyuzipepala. โChinyengo!โ Iye analemba kuti: โBwanji ndi mkaidi wathu wa ku Ireland! Komatu sitinakambiranepo zimenezi.โ Atabwerako patapita chaka chimodzi, Claude anabwereka ndalama zokwana ยฃ10 kuti akwatirane. Anasankha ofesi yolembera pafupi ndi makoma a fakitale yakale ya ndende kumene Mary Palmer anatsekeredwa ndipo anakumana ndi Francis McCarty. Patsiku la ukwati wake, Elsie anatumiza matelegalamu aลตiri a liwu limodzi kwa banja lake lokwiya. Woyamba, asanakwatirane, anati KUPITA; chachiwiri, mwambo utatha, anati ZIMENEZI. Anaseka kwambiri, nthawi zambiri momvetsa chisoni, ngakhale kuti pamene iye ndi Claude anasiyana, zimenezo zinaleka.
Tsiku lina, ndidatsatira mapazi ake mumsewu waukulu wa Ballina, kudutsa bwalo lamilandu lazaka za zana la 19 ndikutsekera. Mu laibulale, ndinapeza kalata yochokera kwa MP wa komweko, yopempha โmphunzitsi waluso wa zilankhuloโฆ amene alole ana athu mโboma la dziko mwayi womwe sakanatha kukhala nawoโ. Idalembedwa mu 1919 ndipo inali njira ya Elsie. Mphamvu zake monga mphunzitsi zinakhala nthano chabe; chaka ndi chaka, kwa zaka zoposa theka la zana, ophunzira ake akale ankakumana ku Sydney kuti adye chakudya chamadzulo kuti akondwere naye, ngakhale kuti nthaลตi zonse ankakana chiitano chawo cha kupezekapo. "Sindinali wabwino chotero," amandiuza, "... kungotsimikiza."
Ballina ndi wamasamba komanso wothamanga komanso wamakono kwambiri masiku ano, ndipo sukulu yoyambirira idapeza. Nditaipeza ndidasuzumira ndikumuwona ali pomwepo.
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