“I came here as an international student from Singapore in 2004, pursuing Anthropology and Social Theory in Melbourne Uni. I had volunteered for a dig in Singapore’s St Andrew’s Cathedral. It was [...]
“If you really understand what’s happening with climate change, I can’t understand why you wouldn’t do everything you can to stop it. That’s really my driving force. In 2007, after reading the [...]
“I was born in Jaipur in north India. The funny part is, I don’t know which year I was born. Back then, we didn’t have birth certificates. My mother said I was born in 1960, so I think I’ll be 59 [...]
“I was born Arran David Griffiths in Auckland. I’m 48 this year and was brought up in New Zealand. As a kid, I was always the shy, awkward child. I’ve always wanted to play with [...]
“I’m a born-and-bred Victorian and have always lived in Melbourne. I used to live in the East and made the move to the West 11 years ago as it’s the closest area to the city [...]
“Prior to moving to the West nine years ago, the only time I ventured over the bridge was to go on holidays! When we moved here, I didn’t know where to go, the Eastern suburbs was all I knew. My [...]
“I moved to Footscray in 1990, and remember there was front page news on the local paper. Locals were really fearful of yuppies, and there was a real fear the gentrification of the west would [...]
“My parents came here as post-war migrants. Dad was Ukrainian, and Mum is Italian but they met and married in Scotland. Dad travelled to Australia to work on the Snowy Mountain Hydro-electric [...]
“I was born in Glasgow in 1981. When I was 5 my family moved to the Thurso, up in the Highlands for work. It’s right at the top of Scotland, and we cannot go any further on the mainland of the [...]
Melbourne is my home. I never had any desire to go anywhere else, unlike my parents, who left Birmingham in the UK, along with my older sister and I. My parents wanted a better life. I was two [...]
