WINTER 2023
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U3A strikes gold Rockhampton and District U3A are still celebrating following their recent U3A conference, commemorating 50 years of U3A worldwide. STORY PAGE 6
A Legacy to last The Centenary Legacy Relay held special meaning for Beth Tennant - one of the participants in the Rockhampton leg of the event. “I was a Legacy ward - my dad died back in 1963 when I was 10 and I’m the eldest of five so mum had five us 10 and under, my littlest brother was only six
months,” she said. “Dad had been in the Second World War in the Second Machinegun Battalion and he saw service in the Middle East and the Pacific, he got the Middle East Star and the Pacific Star. Dad passed away and left mum with five of us 10 and under and she had no idea
what to do because it was all very sudden and Legacy stepped in. “I became a Legacy ward, as did my three brothers and sister and they helped out. I was living in Mackay at the time, they became a massive part of our lives. As you can imagine having five of us it was really tough for mum having
no money. She’d been a dressmaker but in those days they didn’t work, dad was the breadwinner, we would have been totally lost without Legacy.” She said the family didn’t know anything about Legacy until they needed them. STORY PAGE 3
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