From Horse and Carts to Sputniks

I was born in Cobar, on 12 June 1939, and left

there when I was only two weeks old. I think

my mother and I went to Winbar Station where my

father was breaking in brumbies for saddle stock

horses, for the station hands on the property, to use

for mustering. My fathers name was John Bernard

Noonan (he was known as Jack), and my mothers

name was Laura; her maiden name was Blacker (in

her later years, my mother became known as Lorna).