IN AUSTRALIA, PLACES THEY LIVED ANDWORKED INCLUDED ARNHEM LAND, ANDEDENHOPE, WHERE DAD SPENT PART OFHIS CHILDHOOD.-They spent a year living in Nhulunbuyproviding care to the northern Aboriginalcommunities of Arnhem Land in theNorthern Territory. Then they settledin Edenhope, in West Wimmera.The country doctor there, Dr Ron Bade,had been a mentor to dad when he wasstudying and wanted Dad to take over hisGP practice so he could retire. My parentsworked in Edenhope for 10 years beforesettling in the high country in Mansfield,Victoria. He was a very dedicated doctor;he’d throw himself in and give his all.He valued being able to have a positiveimpact and make a difference in people'slives. He just wanted to do everythinghe could for people.HE WAS VERY ADVENTUROUS. IN ALL OF THOSEPLACES WHERE HE LIVED, HE’D IMMERSEHIMSELF IN THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT,LANGUAGE AND PAST TIMES.-He has always had a spirit of adventureand perhaps saw medicine as a career thatwould enable him to explore the world andother cultures, and experience differentlanguages and ways of living. In the UK hejoined a sailing club and learned to sail amirror. In Tari, Dad enjoyed bush walking,camping and caving. In Kavieng, he learnedto scuba dive around the spectacular coralreefs and the plane wrecks from the war.In Edenhope he got into rock climbing.In Mansfield he immersed himself intobike riding. He approached everythingwith generosity, braveness and anadventurous and caring spirit.HE AND MUM WANTED TO GIVE BACK,SO WE’RE SETTING UP A SCHOLARSHIPTHROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.-It will support medical students from PNGto come to Australia for a rotation, todevelop their education and training andthen be able go back to PNG to use thoseskills in their own careers. It's been a longprocess, but there are two medical studentswho will be coming to Melbourne in 2025.VI CD O C SU M M ER 202429
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