Maude Nificent on Nostr: i feel rather privileged to know where i came from, and to have access to these ...

i feel rather privileged to know where i came from, and to have access to these stories. and it’s healthy to be reminded of what people have endured in times past, especially losing children, and how fragile childhood was before mass vaccination

i remember many years ago when i was v young following some old bush track near ballarat, it was probably part of the route many Chinese used on their way to the gold diggings - forbidden to land in victoria, and so walking from south australia.
we crossed creeks and clambered over fallen tree limbs etc, then turned a corner and saw a tiny mound in a small clearing, and i was suddenly awash with the notion it was a tiny grave. whether it was or not was irrelevant — only then was i struck by the enormity of what emigrants — every where and in every age — put themselves through.