Gerard Leahy is the youngest of J. J. Leahy’s nine children. He was born in 1930 and was educated at St. Ignatius College, Riverview, in Sydney. He worked for a year in the International Harvester tractor factory at Geelong in Victoria. After a year’s jackerooing on his father’s property Oban in western Queensland, out from Mt. Isa, he spent all his working and family life on Burra Station near Tumbarumba, on the western slopes of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales. He was involved in broad and many sporting and community activities in the Tumbarumba district. After selling his property, he moved to the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.
3 Ebooks de Gerard Leahy
Gerard Leahy: Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves in Two Generations
Because he was so shy of publicity, little is known about J. J. Leahy. He was called by some as the back-country baron, one of Australias most important early pastoralists. With a limited education a …
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Gerard Leahy: Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves in Two Generations
The first of these two books covers J. J. Leahys generation. You need to read the story of the First Generation before you go no to read this book. It is the story of his youngest sons generation. Ge …
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Gerard Leahy: Within you Without you
The words of some of the great Beatles songs were the crutch which helped guide me through the chasm of establishing my self-identity and validity as a part of the human race. Within You Without You …
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