My sincere thanks to Angela Griffiths, a descendant of the Calvert family, for sending me the letter from Amy Sherwin that inspired this piece. In 1928 the Orient shipping line celebrated their jubilee. To mark the occasion, the company organized a competition for export apples at Sydney’s
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An update.😊 In 1978 the ABC made a film about Amy Sherwin. If you scroll down to the comments, you will see a message from Dianne Smith, who has kindly provided contact details for those who expressed an interest in seeing this some time ago. Dianne’s young
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IN THE BEGINNING – ERNIE APPLE TREE SENIOR In 1953 my parents moved to the Tasmanian farm I grew up on. It was four miles from the coastal town of Ulverstone In the back garden (out on sight in the photo) was an old apple tree. Unfortunately
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