Thank you so much to Paulette for providing all the extra information about the stone in Flynn’s memorial! What a travesty the whole issue was!                                                 It is confusing as to why Albert Namatjira had to he granted citizenship in 1957. Apparently in1949 indigenous Australians along with all Australians were granted Australian citizenship from the British, but although granted Federal citizenship, indigenous Australians were not granted state rights so their mobility was limited and they could not vote. The Namatjiras were granted full citizenship not granted to other indigenous Australians until 1967. This citizenship right was not extended to the Namatjiras’ children

May 1st: a day with no photos taken just maintenance chores! We spent most of the day at TJM trying to work out why our newly installed CB radio did not work. Steve from TJM left no stone unturned and with his racing car background and talkative nature we learnt a lot from him! He eventually found that the radio had not been installed property and was not earthed! He was able to give a dire prognosis to our Telstra antenna due to water damage due to a lost cap, despite our attempt to dry it out and tape over the opening at the top He gave us a huge amount of information about tyre pressures and the effect of temperature on them. We bought bits and pieces including a new sullage hose 10meters long, which was 38mm in size so did not fit adapter I had bought so it will be back to ThinkWater tomorrow in the hope they have a right sized adapter.

The only other thing of consequence was that we managed to vote and it was a very streamlined process! 

Pasta with cheese sauce onions peas corn and salmon for dinner, as we haven’t shopped yet for fresh food.




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  1. Geoff PryorMay 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM

    Hi Guys Election eve and we await the result with some trepidation. Good to see you were able to vote. Usual evening to be spent watching the count but so many people voted pre-poll we may not know the result soon. Oh to be away from it all! Interested that you visited Hermansberg. Albert Namatjira and his family were patients of my father when we lived in Alice springs. He was a flying doctor. Sounds like you could be in that TV production ALONE as you have coped with so many issues. Take care and we are thinking of you.

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