A Long Way to Goulacullin

The seasons of my life have passed by so quickly, and now as I reach

the autumn of my life, I refl ect on what has been and what might

have been.

I have been lucky and am somewhat surprised that I have made it this far

on my journey of life. Now I look back and remember, on these pages,

those that I knew and those whose lives were never fulfi lled.

I am only one of a quarter of a million people who were brought up in the

child welfare system in the 1950s and 60s in Australia, and who are now

referred to as the Forgotten Australians.