We’re looking forward to the Gold Coast Reunion, a week today at the Kurrawa Surf Club in Broadbeach. Twenty Little Brothers from 1950-1970 will be joining us and Stuart Gearey (Orontes ’57) has his bags all packed!
Tune in to 80.3FM on Wednesday 8th from 10.00-10.30am to hear Little Brother Eddy Steele (Orontes 1957) interviewed about the Big Brother Movement by David Ashton Lewis. The show goes out on 4CRB Radio on the Gold Coast or you can listen live on their website http://4crb.com/listen-live/.
After attending the Sydney reunion in 2017, Little Brother Steve Noble (Strathnaver ’55) decided to give the opportunity of re-connection to more Little Brothers by organising a reunion in Melbourne. Held on the 6th March, the event was a great success and was attended by 34 people, including 19 Little Brothers and an […]
At our recent BBM reunions held in November 2017, Little Brother Steve Noble shared the story of his migration to Australia with those attending. He spoke of his early life and what it was like to leave the UK and start up a whole new life in Australia, where he has stayed. Watch the video […]
At our recent Big Brother Movement Reunion, we shared some of our current work with Australian young people through a presentation by 2010/11 Agriculture Awardee, Tim Eyes. Tim spoke to the Little Brothers about leaving home at a young age to work abroad for his award experience and starting an agricultural business on his return. […]
Watch Peter Howell, Fairsea 1966, summarise what he did to organise a reunion of ex Little Brothers in Perth, WA in 2016. His experience led to a template being prepared to assist others who may wish to similarly organise an event. Contact the BBM office for a copy by emailing bigbrothermovement@bbm.asn.au or call 02 9233 […]
“The event was worth the journey from Qld”. “The best BBM event I have ever attended…” Storms, high winds and low temperatures resulted in attendance numbers being below expectations but feedback was, without exception, positive. Sunday, November 5th saw ex Little Brothers, partners and extended families sharing stories, reviewing pictures and other memorabilia in the […]
Thank you to all that attended our 2017 BBM reunions. This year we had two events, one at the farm in Calmsley on the 5th November and one in the city at Kirribilli Club on the 6th November. Please find a few photos below – more to come!
Thanks very much to Dick Parmenter, who told the story of how he came to Australia to the Daily Examiner last month. Read his story here or a few snippets of the article below: “I was the youngest by a month, and it took us about five weeks to get out here,” he said. “Most […]
Fifty one years ago I arrive in Oz, definitely the best thing I could have done. I can’t say everything was perfect from day one, in fact the wheels fell off a number of times between arriving and joining the RAN. But that’s all in the past and helped me grow up a lot faster […]
Tim Eyes was the recipient of the 2011 BBM Youth Support Award for Agriculture in honour of Frank Mansell. Those Ex Little Brothers whose introduction to agriculture was the training farm at Calmsley Hills will be interested in this video clip. That introduction was a far cry from Tim’s experience but the core objectives, Changing […]
Part 3 October 1996 Over the 46 years he was employed by BBM, Frank oversaw many changes and developments and touched many Little Brothers lives. In this final article in the series Frank reflects on the really busy years between 1955 and 1975. Thanks to everyone for all the feedback regarding this 3 part series […]