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 […]
We received a number of positive comments following Part 1 of Frank Mansell’s article. Your feedback is important to us as we continue to source interesting material for our website. Part 2 April 1996 Frank joined BBM in October 1946 as a District Supervisor (Southern NSW). This records his early experiences raising funds, enrolling rural […]
Migration Memories by Frank Mansell OBE This three part series of articles were published in the Big Brother Movement newsletters in November 1995, April 1996 & October 1996 and provide a fascinating insight into the workings of BBM and the many people who contributed to its success. Part 1 November 1995 A view of […]
After receiving many requests we have created official Big Brother Movement Facebook Page. This page is a place for Little Brothers to easily interact with each other, post photos/videos and ask BBM any questions you may have. The page has already received a large number of activity, you can check out the page by Clicking […]
“Get on good terms with the lady of the house, grab a tea towel and help with the washing up”. “Your employer will not expect you to be experienced and will allow time to toughen up”. “Long hair on the male is frowned on in the bush”. Browse through Frank Mansell’s Information Leaflet and chuckle at […]
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