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Peter has always been very much the patriarch of our family.
As a young adult he comfortably settled into being the ‘guiding
light’ for family decisions, whether it be advice to our parents
on their affairs or guidance to the rest of us with career choices,
property investments and business investment advice.
His leadership and advice and support has provided us with
great opportunities for our own business ventures. In addition,
we are all in business ventures with Peter.
Peter is the first born to our amazing parents Pat and Ernie. He
often boasts of being a trendsetter of “home births”, being born at
our grandparents’ humble home in Casterton in 1948, well before
home births became fashionable. The birthing bed later became
his own. It remained in our family’s home until the year 2000.
Peter’s Siblings
THE REFLECTIONS OF PETER’S SIBLINGS ON HIS EARLY LIFE
BRIAN HURLEY | TONY HURLEY | KAYE HURLEY | LEANNE HURLEY [DECEASED]
The real ‘score’ for Peter and the rest of us was the family we
were born into. It was not a family of privilege. It was a family
with a solid social and moral fabric, a desire for hard work and
getting ahead, and a commitment to family and community.
Peter has carried these family values with him and lived them,
to achieve all the things he has achieved in his first 70 years.
The family was all important in our growing up. It was not just
the immediate family but the extended family of grandparents,
uncles and aunts, cousins and others. Leadership in hard work
and improving one’s lot were all around us. The extended family
provided Peter with opportunities to achieve his goals.
Casterton, the town that we grew up in, has always been very
dear to Peter’s heart. He has fond memories of the value of
community. He is proud of his humble education. Wando
Height Primary, Scared Heart Primary and Casterton High
School where he completed his leaving certificate [Year 11].
Peter claims to have barely scraped through school, but we do
not believe that, with his fantastic mind for figures, recall of
events, people and places, and his ability to deal with multiple
issues simultaneously.
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