SPEECH DELIVERED BY JUDY NISBET, DAUGHTER OF BESSIE. (ONE OF SAMUEL'S CHILDREN)
My mother was Isabel Elizabeth (Betty) McClymont born May 1915 in Sydney. Following the death of both her parents Samuel and Elizabeth Mary (nee Goddard) in 1923, my mother and her two sisters -Flora Camerom (borm February 26th 1917) and Heather (March 19th 1920) were brought up in Sydney by their widowed aunt Annie (nee McClymont, eldest girl of the 14). She was also raising her own three children Flora, Tom and Jessie.
After gaining her leaving certificate in 1934 at Methodist Ladies College MLC Sydney, my mother completed her nursing certificate at the War Memorial Hospital in Sydney.
She then married William (Bill) Herman Bull on June 15th, 1940.
They moved into a new home on "Oakville" in the south-west Riverina, north of Deniliquin. It was a tough wartime start and they travelled 7 kms to Bill's parents home "Waringah" for a bath and had to cart all other household water by horsedrawn Furphy water cart.
Following the disappointment of a still born baby, and the death of my sister Sandra Ella at three days of age in 1943, I was born in Sydney. Eighteen months later Colin William was born in Deniliquin on July 19th, 1948.
Our father Bill Bull served on the Conargo Shire council for 33 years and Mum was a great support both to him and her children. She really felt the isolation and visited her sister Flora in Sydney. She suffer a long battle with two bouts of cancer and died on 16th September 1980. I also went to MLC after doing lessons by correspondence and spent weekend visits with my aunt Flora. I trained as a Mothercraft nurse in Melbourne and later qualified as an enroled nurse in Deniliquin. Private nursing took me to north Queensland and various parts of NSW and Victoria.
On December1, 1972 I marriedStuart Cameron Nisbet, a local Deniliquin farmer. we have four children, Annabelle Elizabeth ( April 3, 1974) Shannon Maree ( Deember 30, 1977) Andrew William Cameron ( March 16 ,1981) and Erin Judith (January 16, 1983).
The girls are all ver keen horsewomen, with both Annabelle and Erin representing Australia in tent pegging in South Africa. All the girls are regular polocrosse players, and Erin has been a member of both Victoria and New South Wales state teams state teams at national championships, and toured New Zealand.
Andrew, a highly qualified welder, has travelled extensively with his work, including extended periods of work in the Kimberly mining areas and Darwin. He has recently settled in Holbrook with partner, Anna Marsden, and infant son, Justin William ( 20 February 2010).
Stuart and I have recently retired from full time farming and now live on a small acreage near Deniliquin.
My brother Colin went to Albury Grammar School and enjoyed the agricultural industry, especially Merino sheep. He lives on his first purchased property "Boelgi"Deniliquin, manages the family property- "Oakville" and has recently purchased the original Bull family place "Waringah".
Colin married Margaret Morrow in 1973 and have three children Sarah, Elizabeth, and Lachlan. Elizabeth has three children Isobel,Molly and Samuel with her husband Peter Mecham.
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