Centre for Stories
Stories
Stories are at the heart of what we do. The aim of our story archive is to make good stories available to a wide audience in the hope of strengthening connections between people and encouraging a more inclusive and informed community.
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Colourful Stories
Rachel Farnay - A Second Life
After ending an abusive and unhappy marriage, Rachel Farnay decided to become an IT and STEM teacher. She hoped that through teaching, she would never be lonely again.
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Colourful Stories
Lakshmi Kanchi - On Hope Road
As a new migrant to Australia, Lakshmi found connection and community at the Wetland Centre Cockburn. But soon after her arrival, the wetlands were under attack from highway development.
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Colourful Stories
Natalie Bock - Bus Peeps
After a shock diagnosis of a brain tumour, Natalie Bock’s surgery left her vulnerable and isolated at home while she recovered, and many support services wouldn’t help her.
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Colourful Stories
Jenny Martin - Beach Therapy
After her divorce, Jenny Martin entered the ‘age of invisibility’ as a single woman in her 50s. Struggling with anxiety and depression, her saving grace was an unexpected place – Mullaloo Beach.
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Colourful Stories
Jerome Masamaka - Totem Bird
Jerome Masamaka shares how as a young boy in Ghana he accidentally killed his clan’s sacred totem bird – the sparrow. The guilt and anxiety that plagued Jerome kept him up at night and would eventually influence the writer he would one day become.
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Against All Odds
Bianca
Bianca escaped an abusive relationship and quit drugs after falling pregnant. And yet her ex-partner still refused to leave her alone. Struggling with a broken legal system, it was the love for her children that kept her going in the darkest times.
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Heartlines
Faiza Bokhari
“It’s been a joy to come and write in an environment that is both calming and inspiring. To be surrounded by people who celebrate creativity and all have different skill sets has helped me think outside the box.”
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Heartlines
Jayelan Lee
“I love writing poems at the Bibra lake Wetlands, with nature all around us.”
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Heartlines
Naomi Lake
“I am passionate about children’s literacy because reading and writing has opened the world for me.”