An Australian Story

About the Book

This book features the importance of families, particularly the roles played by women, spread over 5 generations. Throughout the book there is a focus on mother/daughter relationships, and the strength of the women involved. The five generations written about were actually known to me, some of the tales I witnessed, others were relayed to me by various great great grandmothers and grandmothers. The work demonstrates how subtle the strength and power combination can be in women, and how women can be instrumental in bringing about change whilst seeming to be powerless. My work also brings together the family cohesion within my family, the memories and tales of things which would be lost and forgotten otherwise.

The book is about the family of which the author is very proud, many of those written about contributed greatly to the formation of this nation and much of those contributions were made without praise or comment, like my great grandmother and her two sisters fighting as suffragettes against huge odds so that women could obtain equal franchise, and using their power on the home front to assist them in achieving this wonderful thing, or my Uncle Wal’s work as Paddington (NSW) ‘s mayor and his quiet humility as he got on with the job for twenty-five years. Throughout the book there are many references to other quiet achievers from my fierce great great grandmother to my own children, 5 generations of daughters later. Thus the work symbolises many true blue Australian families, whose tales have not yet been told, and yet illustrate the very fabric of Australian society, and makes popular reading.

About the Author

Name: Kay Lenore Fielden Date of Birth: 10th February 1945 Address: PO Box 273 Tewantin QLD 4565 Phone No.: 0754702554 SECONDARY SCHOOLING: Newcastle Girls High TERTIARY EDUCATION: REGISTERED NURSE MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY – ARTS/LAW SYDNEY TAFE - MEDIATOR Have also been a JOURNALIST, RESEARCHER, AUTHOR, LECTURER, ARTIST. Became a single mother in 1976 when my husband died from a heart attack, suddenly. My children were then aged 7, 5 and a half, and 2 years old, so I am very protective of them, and they have grown up to be very admirable people. Have worked in Private Legal Practice, and in Government agencies in the Legal fields of PERSONAL INJURY, CRIMINAL LAW, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, WORKERS COMPENSATION, and now FAMILY LAW. Am currently working as an Associate Lawyer in my daughter's Family Law practise, doing my Masters in Law, and battling terminal cancer. Have many interests which include POLITICS, ART, WRITING, FISHING, DINING, WINING (when able), READING, WRITING LETTERS TO NEWSPAPERS AND SO ON. PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS: J. SCUTT (ED.), THE BABY MACHINE, McCULLOCH PUBLISHING, 1988, (Co Author) Various academic articles, such as "Sexuality in Nursing Homes", "Murders et al", "juveniles gone wrong", and so on. Articles written in a wide range of topics including medical, law, politics, and sociology. G. Boehringer, ED., THE POLITICS OF SOCIALISM, Red Book Co., 1980