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Battle to Block 30B

…a soldier settler's story – life after WW2

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John’s 13th Birthday

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Margaret Mary Mann

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Margaret and family 1954

Margaret & maternal grandies

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Margaret 4yo in bonnet

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Baby Margaret in pram at Merbein 1940

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clearing the land -1948?

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blockie horsepower

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working the land

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4/5 Mann kids with Holden FE

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first car – 1952 Vanguard

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Peter arrives – baby no 3!

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the original block house

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the essential tractor

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first vine post

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construction of irrigation channels

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clearing the land

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about this page

This part of the site is a work in progress.  "From Battle to Block 30B" refers to our family's re-location from Merbein to Robinvale in 1947.  It is a 'spin-off' from the main site "Block 30B - A Soldier Settler's Story" which is dedicated to our Dad, Hartley Mann, his war service and his life prior to that.  This site is a labour of love by me for my family as a way of pulling together our mementoes and memories as we all grow older, and the time for doing this becomes more limited.

I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land that we also came to know as home: the Latji Latji, Muti Muti, Wiradjuri, Tati Tati and Wamba Wamba clans and pay my deepest respects.

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  • John’s 13th Birthday
  • Margaret Mary Mann
  • Margaret & maternal grandies
  • Margaret 4yo in bonnet
  • Baby Margaret in pram at Merbein 1940
  • clearing the land -1948?
  • blockie horsepower
  • about this page
  • working the land
  • 4/5 Mann kids with Holden FE
  • first car – 1952 Vanguard
  • Peter arrives – baby no 3!
  • the original block house
  • the essential tractor
  • first vine post
  • construction of irrigation channels
  • clearing the land

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