From: REYNOLDS,RICHARD J. (Education)
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 7:15 PM

Summer has hit with its usual ferocity. Days are !!@#$ hot but surprisingly the evenings have been tolerable.

University is winding down. Undergrads have completed their final exams for the year and have begun their long summer vacation. The number of faculty on campus is dwingling. The staff Christmas party is held this week and that signals the official end to most activity. I hope to keep working for another week but will have to start thinking about our return trip in the near future.

Having lunch with the Dean today. A chance to say thanks and au revoir.

Am pleased with the level of productivity. I have completed three articles and will attempt to have them published when I return to the States.

My regards to all.
 
Richard

From: Marge Cambre [mailto:mcambre@bigpond.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 2:27 PM
To: Stoloffd@easternct.edu
Subject: from Richard in OZ

To Dave and the Faculty:

I've been out of contact because I've been busy. Have spent the last week in
Sydney at the Olympic Games, catching up with friends, and visiting the
sights.  This city has just about hyperventilated over the games. The crowds
are immense and the spectacle is overwhelming.  To date the weather has
cooperated, the transport system has stood up to the task and it is
generally agreed that the games have been a success.  Marge is having a
wonderful time and she now agrees with me that Sydney is the most beautiful
city in the world. Certainly I have never seen the city looking better.

So far we have seen swimming, athletics and tennis, and during this second
week we have tickets for baseball, modern pentathlon, and more athletics.

We've made a couple of short trips into the hinterland and we hope to go to
Melbourne in the next couple of weeks while the university is still closed
for holidays. (They have a four week break for the Olympics.)

Research is coming along. I've interviewed a number of people and done a
fair bit of reading. It is an interesting time to be studying Aboriginal
education as the Aborigines are much more activist that they used to be.
Newcastle University has an Aboriginal studies department with a faculty of
seven or eight members.

I've been interviewed on national radio (ABC which is the Australian
equivalent of NPR) and asked to prepare an article for the Newcastle Morning
Herald so Eastern Ct.State University is getting "international
coverage!"--please tell David Carter!!!!!

Hope all is going well in the new semester. I will stay in touch.

Regards,
Richard
 

Wed 8/30/00 8:45 PM

Dave,
A news brief from the "land of OZ"

Thanks for your greetings. I hope that you all have a great Fall Semester.

Here the national focus on the Olympic Games is all encompassing. With this comes a certain tension born out of a sneaking suspicion that we may not be able to pull it off. This unease is fed by a national press famous for taking on the role of the 'knocker' (taking the negative view on most issues). Actually everything is in place and some of the venues have been in use for the best part of twelve months. My guess is that the Games will be a huge success and when it is all over the city will be left with unparalleled facilities.

Yesterday, Marge and I followed the Olympic torch and took part in a couple of  welcoming ceremonies first in Maitland (where we are living) and later in Lochinvar (the old home town, popn. 350). The highway was lined for miles with enthusiastic supporters.

Faculty at Newcastle University have been most welcoming and have provided me with research facilities and computer back up. To date I have interviewed seven faculty members both in Education and the Department of Aboriginal Studies. A number of these interviewees have loaned me personal resources and the library is well stocked with texts and journals.

The weather is great; 60's even 70's by day, 40's at night. By mid afternoon it feels like a fine summer day in Connecticut. But as the locals say "this may be great but wait for the summer!!"

Marge sends her regards
 

Richard

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Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:18 PM

Dave,
Thanks for the swift reply. In answer to your question, yes, feel free to share my email with the faculty.

We have had the phone connected to our apartment, the number is, in full international code, 011 61 4934 3539.

Weather here has been great. Day time temperatures in 60's (not bad for mid-winter) 40's at night. Spent yesterday afternoon catching up with half a dozen old comrades who teach in Newcastle. Had quite a time!

Regards to all and sundry.

Richard

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 Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:39 AM
To: 'stoloffd@easternct.edu'
Cc: 'reynolds@easternct.edu'
Subject: Greetings
 

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  Dave,
  Greetings from "down under". Having mastered the intricacies of email from
the other hemisphere I believe that this missive will make it to Connecticut intact.

  Marge and I have settled into our new surroundings. We have
comfortable accommodation, reliable transport and I am surrounded by
friends and family. There is little more that the heart could desire.

  Have now been three weeks at Newcastle University.   I come in three
or four days each week and have involved myself in a fairly heavy
reading program on Aboriginal education. Have interviewed five or six faculty
and I am gradually formulating a plan of action and deciding the areas that I
will investigate.

  All in this sector of the world is currently focused on the Olympic
Games. After seven years of preparation it appears that "all systems are
go", just bring on the rest of the world. I have yet to have a good look
at Sydney but I am assured that it is a city transformed.

  Please pass on my regards to all and sundry. If I am able to figure
out the technique I may send a message to the total faculty.

  Richard