Christopher, from England, arrived in Australia at 21-year-old as a ‘10 Pound Pom’ in 1964. The effect of his torturous years growing up and at boarding school remain, as does his burden of dyslexia, but he compensated for the latter by recording his stories of his ‘Drifter’ days on his trusty reel-to-reel recorder. Some of his recordings and his stories were chosen to profile the ‘10 Pound Pom’ Victorian Immigration Museum exhibition in 2017. He has always had a love of electronics, film and TV and in the switch from Drifter to mainstream, successfully developed his own business in this area. He is now retired, avidly listens to talking books, but his wandering spirit, and love of media remains to this day.
Christopher and Dianne met at Yuendumu, Northern Territory, Australia in 1973 and married this same year. Together, they have three adult children, and seven grandchildren. All are their pride and joy.
Born into a wealthy family in England in 1942, Christopher could’ve expected a privileged life. It was not to be. At six years of age, he entered boarding school. The burden of undiagnosed dyslexia led to an aversion to schoolwork, and violent sexual abuse from a fellow boarder became the impetus ...