Crafting of an Australian Citizenship Quilt NSW Contributions
Crafting of an Australian Citizenship Quilt NSW Contributions
Crafting of an Australian Citizenship Quilt NSW Contributions
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M<strong>of</strong>fet, Kte<br />
Turramurra <strong>NSW</strong><br />
3A Wahroonga Guides (Age 12)<br />
“Our patrol is called ‘Lorikeets’ after the beautiful green<br />
birds that fly around our suburb. I chose to do a<br />
patchwork <strong>of</strong> the lorikeets as I enjoy feeding the wild<br />
birds when they come to our backyard.”<br />
ID287<br />
Morris, Caitlin<br />
Wahroonga <strong>NSW</strong><br />
3A Wahroonga Guides (Age 9)<br />
“The Trefoil is our Girl Guide symbol. I wear the Trefoil<br />
badge on the left side collar <strong>of</strong> my shirt when I go to<br />
public meetings.”<br />
ID278<br />
Muir, Barbara<br />
Marayong <strong>NSW</strong><br />
The artist migrated to Australia from the UK with her<br />
husb<strong>an</strong>d <strong>an</strong>d three children in 1970. They bought a<br />
house (the great Australi<strong>an</strong> dream) in 1973 <strong>an</strong>d took<br />
out Australi<strong>an</strong> citizenship in 1987.<br />
“I am a descend<strong>an</strong>t <strong>of</strong> Mathew Flinders, my mother’s<br />
name was Flinders, but we didn’t realise how<br />
widespread his presence was in Australia until we<br />
came here.<br />
ID038<br />
“We have had a good life here <strong>an</strong>d although we have<br />
been back to the UK four times to visit relatives, the<br />
best part <strong>of</strong> the journey is when the pl<strong>an</strong>e touches<br />
down in Sydney <strong>an</strong>d we know we are home. This is a<br />
great place to live.”
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