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Growing up at Melbourne Water’s Western Treatment Plant, back in the 1950’s. Rob Laurent and his brothers spent an idyllic childhood in the unlikely surrounds of the Werribee sewerage treatment farm where their father, Bob, worked during the 1950’s.
What was it like growing up on a sewerage farm? Rob. Laurent tells a fascinating story from his memories of growing up as a child there.
Werribee Farm
Growing up at Melbourne Water’s Western Treatment Plant, back in the 1950’s
Rob Laurent
Rob Laurent and his brothers spent an idyllic childhood in the unlikely surrounds of the Werribee sewerage treatment farm where their father, Bob, worked during the 1950’s.
Werribee Farm tells of the boys’ escapades, the characters they meet, and the wildlife they encounter as they explore the maze of wetlands and canals around them.
Older brother John is a budding scientist, always searching for items of natural history to add to his “museum.” Young Rob is more interested in Bob’s after-hours hobby of woodwork. It is during their evenings in the shed together that Rob learns to avoid the mistakes of the past.
Family unity is a major theme of this story, in a setting that often tests the bonds between the members of the author’s family.
Includes many photos depicting Australia during the post-war decade.
| Weight | .325 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.6 × 13.5 × 1.1 cm |
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