Alison in Canberra-land

In Those Days

Linnett Turner joins Penny and husband-of-half-of-the-pod Lincoln to talk about Alison Sanchez (nee Binns). Linnett's mother Alison grew up in Canberra in the early days of Australia's capital. A tragedy in her early-20s transformed Alison's plans and she travelled the world before returning to Canberra again.

Trove
'Farewell Evening', The Canberra Times, 28 March 1929
'Musical Evening', The Canberra Times, 5 August 1929
'Fall into Boiling Water', The Argus, 25 February 1930
'Dickens Evening', The Canberra Times, 2 December 1935
'Primrose Nurses Meet Tonight', The Melbourne Herald, 14 January 1941
'Engagements', The Argus, 4 February 1941
'Roll of Honour', The Canberra Times, 26 February 1943
'Cooma Pilot's End in Fight with 8 Messerschmitts', The Canberra Times, 15 March 1943
School Speech Assemblies Canberra Grammar School, The Canberra Times, 11 December 1943
'The Canberran 1995', Canberra Grammar School
'Births', The Canberra Times, 16 September 1948
'Canberra Diary', The Canberra Times, 17 December 1954

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Other
Founding of Canberra, National Museum of Australia
Gough Whitlam, National Archives of Australia
Freda Whitlam, Whitlam Institute, Sydney University
'From 100 years to 1000 days, Tweddle celebrates its Centenary', by Kerrie Gottliebsen
'Our History', Plunket New Zealand
Edward Sly, Spitfire Association
Adrian Feint bookplates, National Gallery of Australia
'The Man Behind the Name', by Lynette Gleeson, Camellias Australia
'The Lloyd Triestino Trio', Museums Victoria