by Anne Skyvington | Dec 9, 2022 | Writing Australia, Writing Memoir
The Class of 1961-1962 A large group of us seated in front of the hallowed walls, doors and columns, of the College on the Hill, in wet October weather. A group of 65 of us — ex-Armidale Teachers’ College students — braved the weather and returned to our alma...
by Anne Skyvington | Nov 23, 2022 | Guest Post, Writing Australia
How would you fare if, like Alan Parkes, you were sent to “Bourke and Beyond” to run a small school in your first year out of Teachers’ College? Anne Writes: This is a guest post by a fellow student from the Armidale Teachers’ College Class of...
by Anne Skyvington | Jun 14, 2022 | Writing Australia
Did you know that Australia is a world leader in Stuttering research and treatments? See: The Australian Stuttering Research Centre. But first, let me tell you a story. Many years ago, when I was little, there were always one or two children in school who couldn’t get...
by Anne Skyvington | Feb 18, 2022 | Guest Post, Writing Australia
This is a guest post by Gordon Forth, a fellow student at Armidale Teachers College, who started there in 1962, a year after me. Gordon writes: Please find attached my somewhat scurrilous account of my time at ATC. I really had a lovely time at College, but was...
by Anne Skyvington | Jan 28, 2022 | Writing Australia
I’m reposting this Conversation article by Denis Altman, to mark my backing of the new model being set up by the ARM. The republic debate is back (again) but we need more than a model to capture Australians’ imagination Chris Jackson/AP/AAP Dennis Altman, La...
by Anne Skyvington | Dec 5, 2021 | Writing Australia
Reference: ABC Online: Future Australia While the Federal government has come to the party at the COP 26 (Glasgow) on net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, our 2030 targets still fall far below what’s needed to keep temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius. But...
