Chris Adam’s father Bob was injured in WW II and found it hard to find work. The Communist party aided him. Chris went to Berkeley High School with migrant children.

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Keywords

Strathmore Maternity Hospital; Bob Adams; Lillian Adams; AIF war service; Kokoda Trail; Lake Heights; Unions; strikes; Communist Party; Lake Heights Primary School; prejudice; Charlie Jones; Bill Mc Dougall; Billy Parkinson; Marxist-Leninists; Stalinists; Maoists; Trotskyists; ASIO; Catholic Protestant marriage; Bill Lowe teacher; John O’Donald; sport; tennis; cricket; baseball; Lake Heights Progress Association; pollution; Stan Dix; community service

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P27266 BHP pollution