‘The Adventure of a Life Time’ Reunion of ‘Little Brothers’ in Adelaide Trevor Peart from Adelaide is trying to track down South Australians who, like him, arrived in the country as teenage migrants between 1925 and 1983 as part of the “Big Brother Movement” youth migration scheme. One of these “Little Brothers”, as they were […]
“I doubted that there would be anyone else who came out on the same ship as myself. Clearly, I was wrong.” Stuart Gearey (Orontes ’57), a Little Brother who was “aiming for life on the land”, had not expected to ever reconnect with any of the lads who embarked with him on the five-week voyage […]
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 escort officer. […]
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 […]