As I was in my late 50s. Not so good now



Introduction

1944 -- Baptism

1947 -- The immerser

1948 -- Cowley beach

1949 --Visit to Proserpine and starting school

1950 -- More about Primary school -- and Dr Cotter

1951 -- New house at Campbell St Innisfail

1952 -- The death of a King!

1953 -- A school report card

1953 -- A cyclone and a newspaper

1956 -- At Stratford in Cairns

1957 -- At Cairns State High School

1960 -- My first full-time job -- and JWs

1961 -- Cairns scene

1962 -- Passing the Senior exam

1963 -- My first job in Brisbane -- Abrahams

1963 -- My second job in Brisbane -- Gearco

1964 -- Working in the Commonwealth Dept. of Customs and Excise

1964 -- Part time student in English; Met Janet Coomber

1964 -- Credit-note drama

1965 -- Soapbox orator and Cathy C

1966 -- Full-time student at University of Qld

1967 -- Much fun with a Federal election -- and joining the Army

1968 -- Doing my Master's degree at the University of Sydney

1969 -- Doing my Doctorate at Macquarie University in Sydney

1970 --Meeting Henningham and Croucher

1971 -- Lecturing in Sociology at the University of NSW -- up to 1983

1973 -- Meeting my first wife, Dawn

1974 -- Meeting my second wife, Joy

1975 -- An experience of California

1975 -- A side trip to Tijuanaa

1975 -- Apathy and the army

1977 -- Sabbatical at the Institute of Psychiatry in London

1977 -- Visits to Scotland

1977 -- Stop at York

1979 -- Visit to South Africa

1980 -- Hong Kong and the Philipinnesa

1981 -- Thailand stopover

1981 -- Visit to India



In early 1983 I moved from Sydney back to Brisbane

As I was in 1983, pictured with Jenny, whom I went on to marry



The highlights of my life from that time on were mostly personal so I have not chosen to put online my notes from that time. My personal blog does take up the story from 1993, however. See below:

https://memoirsjr.blogspot.com

Also:

Subject index to my short notes;

Subject index to my academic writings;

Index to blog backups;

My Home Pages are here (Academic) or here (Personal);

My Home page supplement;

My Alternative Wikipedia;

Menu of my longer writings;

My annual picture page is here;

My Recipes;

Email me as jonayray@gmail.com