1969-1975.
Who was your favourite teacher and why?
Kevin Holden. He was a bit of a legend at the school, a bit of a prankster, a bit of a jokester. He used to dance on top of the school desks, you’ll be sitting there doing your work and all of a sudden, he’d jump up on top of the desk and start dancing and singing and carrying on, it was a real laugh.
What was your favourite subject?
English.
How did you get to school?
We actually used to live on the fence backing onto the school on Elizabeth St, and we used to just jump the fence to come to school.
What was school life like?
There are lots of friends that I’m still friends with today. Back in those days, there was no such word as racism. Kids back then didn’t know what it was, we were all just mates growing up.
We had a lot of fun as kids growing up playing British bulldogs, which was basically you had one team on one end of the oval and one team at the other, and you’d run at each other.
What was your least favourite thing about school?
Back in the day you used to get the strap, but attitude adjustments never really hurt.
What did you do when you left school?
I went to North Tech, finished up there and worked at the abattoirs for six months, which was an interesting place to work. Dirty work, but the money was good. Then a short stint in a pet food place, and then over to the cannery. Then into real estate where I’ve just done 43 years.
What are you doing now?
I’m still in real estate, at Youngs and Co Real Estate.
Tell us briefly about your life after Mooroopna Primary School.
I basically haven’t left Mooroopna. Mooroopna has been very good to me, and very good to my family. My parents were born and raised in town, basically, and my kids have all been born and raised in town. They’re now working and living in Melbourne, but it’s been a great place to live and raise a family, it’s still got a good country town feel.
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