On an Ebay discussion forum, of all places, are to be found a series of uniformly adverse recollections by former residents of the Abbotsford Convent, and some other Catholic institutions. One woman’s story, pieced together by me from multiple posts, with a little editing, is:
‘It was indeed the Convent of the Good Shepherd, the Sacred [...]
I learnt today that fellow blogger Ms Fits is Marieke Hardy (snap), once actor, now scriptwriter, tv personality, RRR girl, and fashion designer of sorts. Frank Hardy was her granddad. Age articles here and here.
My father is this blog’s first foreign correspondent. On assignment in Hanoi just the other day, his camera phone snapped these images of how I wish Victoria St could be. I tell you, if you went to many places in old South East Asia and bought the entire fitout — well, perhaps not this restaurant’s [...]
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