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Let me tell you a
story
By Alan Lander
NOT everyone can be a good storyteller, let alone a great one. It takes confidence, the gift of the gab … not to mention a good story. Gregg Dreise has a great story. It’s called
Australia, and it’s about our history - not just the last 200 years of it – all of it. He’s not only a storyteller: he’s a songwriter, painter, musician, comedian, poet and author/illustrator. He’s got artworks “hanging in every
continent”, a whole range of children’s books to his credit, and has appeared in television shows from Play School and The Project, to live event hosting at the Sydney Opera House. The Pomona resident started young,
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down in St George, on the banks of the Balonne River. “I’m the youngest of eight,” Gregg said. “We were all similar yet different, and seven of us are in the education field.” Continued on page 4
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