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Thread #77791 Message #1395158
Posted By: Bob Bolton
31-Jan-05 - 09:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: What have the Aussies ever done 4 us?
Subject: RE: BS: What have the Aussies ever done 4 us?
G'day Freda Underhill,
I don't usually bother with this type of thread, but I was skimming through and noticed your comprehensive (if occasionally contentious) list of 28 January.
In re your entry:
Lithium as a treatment for manic depression.
Do you happen to know who developed that treatment (and discredited the previous use of bromides on depressed persons) ... ? It was Shirley Andrews ...
- the main force behind our first (Australian) Folk Festival (38 years ago)
- the main force behind the "Bush Dance" revival of the 1970s / '80s
- an ardent worker for for Reconciliation ... and an Apology ... and a Treaty with Australia's Aboriginal people (She was a guest of honour at the great Sydney Harbour Bridge March ... unfortunately, she had to be ferried in a car, at the head of the March, due to her broken hip.)
Shirley was a credit to the Australian folk music scene!