SUFFERIN SUCCOTASH
MY FIRST MEMORY of Australia is imprinted as though it happened yesterday. Arriving in Perth on 6 January 1978, our family had made the epic decision to leave the British Isles, where my forebears can claim over 500 years of traceable history, to set up a new life ‘Down Under’.
As the Boeing 747 winged its way into Perth International Airport, I strained to see my new homeland through the port-hole window. With
