Comments on: Struth… we’re ALL Aussies here Mate! http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/ Artist Writer Curious Dreamer Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Jean Burman Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:54:40 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-60 Jools! That's wonderful! 54 paintings OMGosh... what an exhibition this is going to be! The backyard and garage studio venue is a great idea for displaying your work in context... great stuff! I'm going over to zaadz right away to see the new work! Keep painting Jools... you're doing g-r-e-a-t! :-) Jools! That’s wonderful! 54 paintings OMGosh… what an exhibition this is going to be! The backyard and garage studio venue is a great idea for displaying your work in context… great stuff! I’m going over to zaadz right away to see the new work! Keep painting Jools… you’re doing g-r-e-a-t! :-)

]]> By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Garden Jools Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:04:13 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-54 The journey is only just beginning Jean! I am currently preparing for a "biannual show" (Autumn and Spring) in my backyard and garage studio. I have 54 paintings ready to go. Have sent out over 200 invites (from which i have received some great feedback!) Have you been able to get over to my site at zaadz lately as I have uploaded all of my new stuff.............I'm excited! The journey is only just beginning Jean! I am currently preparing for a “biannual show” (Autumn and Spring) in my backyard and garage studio. I have 54 paintings ready to go. Have sent out over 200 invites (from which i have received some great feedback!) Have you been able to get over to my site at zaadz lately as I have uploaded all of my new stuff………….I’m excited!

]]> By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Garden Jools Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:16:32 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-38 Totally Jean - I'm up for it! Totally Jean – I’m up for it!

]]> By: Jean http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Jean Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:53:57 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-36 Jools you've certainly had an interesting and exciting life so far... I'll join you in the chorus that "it ain't over yet!" Hmm... maybe I'll even add "they ain't seen nothin' yet!" How about joining me on that one too!? :-) Jools you’ve certainly had an interesting and exciting life so far… I’ll join you in the chorus that “it ain’t over yet!” Hmm… maybe I’ll even add “they ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” How about joining me on that one too!? :-)

]]> By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Garden Jools Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:51:52 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-35 Absolutely Jean! I would love to see many places (Canada, France, Italy, Scotland.........) But to live anywhere else would be to hard to do! I had the opportunity to return to New Guinea about 20 yrs ago (I was a Governess up in Cape York) but decided against it as I was on my own,( which is odd because being alone has never fazed me - most of my travels have been "alone") Because I have no real emotional connection to New Guinea (other than my place of birth) it is not on my "to do" list. However I do get excited when others can recollect time there. My life as an Aussie has given me much insight. I have worked as a Governess and a Jillaroo in remote areas, so have "lived the life" - not just viewed it from a distance as a "tourist". Also working as a fruit picker and a bar maid around "the traps" affords you the time to meet and know the people and the places. My address book is "chokers", my memories are many! And.......it ain't over yet!!!!!!!! Absolutely Jean! I would love to see many places (Canada, France, Italy, Scotland………) But to live anywhere else would be to hard to do!
I had the opportunity to return to New Guinea about 20 yrs ago (I was a Governess up in Cape York) but decided against it as I was on my own,( which is odd because being alone has never fazed me – most of my travels have been “alone”) Because I have no real emotional connection to New Guinea (other than my place of birth) it is not on my “to do” list. However I do get excited when others can recollect time there. My life as an Aussie has given me much insight. I have worked as a Governess and a Jillaroo in remote areas, so have “lived the life” – not just viewed it from a distance as a “tourist”. Also working as a fruit picker and a bar maid around “the traps” affords you the time to meet and know the people and the places. My address book is “chokers”, my memories are many! And…….it ain’t over yet!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Jean http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Jean Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:44:34 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-32 Jools... it's hard to believe that Rabaul doesn't exist anymore. (For those who don't know Rabaul as the world knew it ceased to exist after a volcanic eruption in 1994) - it must be especially hard to take when it's the place of your birth! I listened the other day to an old record (a single) we had as kids called "Tree pela lik lik pik" ... that's pidgin english for "Three Little Pigs". It was hilarious to hear it again after all these years... we were in stitches. Jools... I too feel a strong connection to this beautiful country of ours. Coincidentally it was only the other day at Skybury when the hypothetical discussion turned to whether we would ever relocate overseas... it occurred to me...(and I found myself making the remark) "This country is in me... and I am in it" I truly believe that. Jools… it’s hard to believe that Rabaul doesn’t exist anymore. (For those who don’t know Rabaul as the world knew it ceased to exist after a volcanic eruption in 1994) – it must be especially hard to take when it’s the place of your birth! I listened the other day to an old record (a single) we had as kids called “Tree pela lik lik pik” … that’s pidgin english for “Three Little Pigs”. It was hilarious to hear it again after all these years… we were in stitches.

Jools… I too feel a strong connection to this beautiful country of ours. Coincidentally it was only the other day at Skybury when the hypothetical discussion turned to whether we would ever relocate overseas… it occurred to me…(and I found myself making the remark) “This country is in me… and I am in it” I truly believe that.

]]> By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Garden Jools Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:31:52 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-28 Wow! Cool Jean! We lived in Hagen, Port Morseby, Garoka, Lae and Rabaul, (ofcourse Rabaul does not really exist anymore!) I do not have any memories at all - sadly! But my mother loved it there - she has many fond memories and often breaks into a bit of pidgeon english!We were there from 1963 - 1968. My feelings of being an Aussie run very deep - its more of a passion for the country. The sense of vastness and reality. i love the bush, I love the colours and the creatures. I love its harshness, yet it can be so soothing. I love how I feel at peace and can sink into the depth of the age of Australia. I never tire of the sunsets, the sunrises and the space of Australia. Wow! Cool Jean! We lived in Hagen, Port Morseby, Garoka, Lae and Rabaul, (ofcourse Rabaul does not really exist anymore!) I do not have any memories at all – sadly! But my mother loved it there – she has many fond memories and often breaks into a bit of pidgeon english!We were there from 1963 – 1968.
My feelings of being an Aussie run very deep – its more of a passion for the country. The sense of vastness and reality. i love the bush, I love the colours and the creatures. I love its harshness, yet it can be so soothing. I love how I feel at peace and can sink into the depth of the age of Australia. I never tire of the sunsets, the sunrises and the space of Australia.

]]> By: Jean http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Jean Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:50:26 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-19 Great to see your here Jools! Yes... I think the early pioneers were made of tough stuff. My grandmother had nine children and she and the whole family moved north from the Northern Rivers to the Atherton Tablelands when it was just opening up in the beginning of last century. My mother used to like to tell everyone that she was born on the banks of the Beatrice River in Millaa Millaa (mind boggling thought) but we visited her birthplace recently just before she died and it turns out that there was actually a house... albeit a very small one! Hey... we have something else in common... I grew up in Papua New Guinea as well. My family were in Mt. Hagen and Wabag for several years and I went to boarding school in Brisbane. They were fun years and I have lots of fabulous memories of our days in the wilds of the Western Highlands. I never got to Rabaul... but my very favourite place on earth would have to be Madang. I'll bet it's not the same now tho. Great to see your here Jools! Yes… I think the early pioneers were made of tough stuff. My grandmother had nine children and she and the whole family moved north from the Northern Rivers to the Atherton Tablelands when it was just opening up in the beginning of last century. My mother used to like to tell everyone that she was born on the banks of the Beatrice River in Millaa Millaa (mind boggling thought) but we visited her birthplace recently just before she died and it turns out that there was actually a house… albeit a very small one!

Hey… we have something else in common… I grew up in Papua New Guinea as well. My family were in Mt. Hagen and Wabag for several years and I went to boarding school in Brisbane. They were fun years and I have lots of fabulous memories of our days in the wilds of the Western Highlands. I never got to Rabaul… but my very favourite place on earth would have to be Madang. I’ll bet it’s not the same now tho.

]]> By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Garden Jools Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:38:40 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-18 Hi Jean! Made it!!!!!!!!!!! I totally agree with all that you have said. I was born in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea....but made in Australia! I have Scottish, English and German blood pumping through my veins. In my heart, my beliefs and my attitude I am an Aussie girl the whole way. Through my mothers lineage - my 2 daughters are 8th generation from the convict ships and we are very proud of that. We come from a long line of battlers that have copped the life they were given on the chin. We stood up, dusted ourselves off and continued on - making the best of what we have! Hi Jean!
Made it!!!!!!!!!!!
I totally agree with all that you have said. I was born in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea….but made in Australia! I have Scottish, English and German blood pumping through my veins. In my heart, my beliefs and my attitude I am an Aussie girl the whole way. Through my mothers lineage – my 2 daughters are 8th generation from the convict ships and we are very proud of that. We come from a long line of battlers that have copped the life they were given on the chin. We stood up, dusted ourselves off and continued on – making the best of what we have!

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Jean Burman Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:17:52 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/2007/01/29/struth-we%e2%80%99re-all-aussies-here-mate/#comment-14 Well... there you go... another Aussie from "all over"! I think it's great. That's a terrific story Roger... and very romantic! Thanks for stopping by... it's great to see you here!  Well… there you go… another Aussie from “all over”! I think it’s great. That’s a terrific story Roger… and very romantic! Thanks for stopping by… it’s great to see you here! 

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