Connie Sullivan
| Town/City | Geraldton |
|---|---|
| First name | Connie |
| Last name | Sullivan |
| Country of Origin | England |
| Date of Birth | 29/06/45 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1963 |
| Submitted by | Connie Sullivan |
Story
I left England to start a nursing career and came to do that in Australia as my foster brother George Edland had settled here 2 years earlier.
I had a wonderful trip on the Orcades from Tibury to Fremantle. It included a Mediterranean cruise and we stopped at Piraeus in Greece and were able to travel to Athens for the day. We also travelled through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. We also spent a day in Aden and a day in Colombo, Sri Lanka. As I was under 19 I travelled with an older lady returning to Australia from a working holiday and 4 other girls who were all actually slightly younger than myself. I was almost 18.
I liked it right from the start and to my surprise it was raining when I arrived in June in Fremantle. I went into nursing and married a patient and had been happily married for 43 years when my husband Bob passed away in November 2008. I have 4 children all married with a total of 12 grandchildren. I came to Geraldton the day I arrived in 1963 and have lived here ever since.