My parents and I lived in Burnie (North West Coast) when I was about 7 years of age, living there for about 2 or 3 years. We had a fabulous view to the sea, and we lived in the Police house provided till Dad was transferred to Moonah, a suburb of Hobart. In Burnie I began dancing as in Ballet, Tap Dancing and Highland Dancing. Went to the Catholic School and giggled every morning so hence I along with other girls got the cane every morning. We used to put onion on the palms of our hands and the cane didn't seem to hurt very much. Never did we shed a tear, any of us and the cane certainly didn't do us any harm, however, we still laughed to annoy the Nun. Fun days.
Now Burnie was established in the late 1820's by the Van Diemen's land Company as Emu Bay Settlement, the settlement was renamed to honour a company director, William Burnie, and was declared a town in 1866. In the 1870's it served as the outport for the tin mine at Mount Bischof. These days the Port at Burnie is very busy bringing all manner of things and exporting all kinds of things out of Tasmania. There are also cruise ships that berth once in a while.
The first photo was part of the School I attended now something else.
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