The polio survivors pictured below are just some of the campaigners travelling from around Australia to bring the “We’re Still Here!” message to their local parliamentarians. Click on their pictures to read a little of their polio stories and learn why they are going to Canberra on Wednesday 31 October 2012.


Margaret Bennie
Polio Year:  1956
Polio Place:  Gerogery, New South Wales
Now Living:  New South Wales

Ron Blackwell
Polio Year:  1948
Polio Place:  Bordertown, South Australia
Now Living:  South Australia

Wendy Davies
Polio Year:  1951
Polio Place:  Killarney, Queensland
Now Living:  New South Wales



Tina Demetri
Polio Year:  1948
Polio Place:  Tiptree, Essex, England
Now Living:  New South Wales

Susan Ellis
Polio Year:  1956
Polio Place:  Greenacre, New South Wales
Now Living:  New South Wales

Barbara Fuller
Polio Year:  1952
Polio Place:  Punchbowl, New South Wales
Now Living:  New South Wales



Ella Gaffney
Polio Year:  1957
Polio Place:  Mudgee, New South Wales
Now Living:  New South Wales

Fran Henke
Polio Year:  1946
Polio Place:  Yarram, Victoria
Now Living:  Victoria

Michael Judson
Polio Year:  1948
Polio Place:  Preston, Lancashire, England
Now Living:  Victoria



Margaret Maroney
Polio Year:  1954
Polio Place:  Young, New South Wales
Now Living:  Australian Capital Territory

Lorraine Parker
Polio Year:  1950
Polio Place:  Pingelly, Western Australia
Now Living:  Western Australia

Jill Pickering
Polio Year:  1955
Polio Place:  Woking, England
Now Living:  Victoria



Gillian Thomas
Polio Year:  1950
Polio Place:  Wollongong, New South Wales
Now Living:  New South Wales

John Tierney
Polio Year:  1946
Polio Place:  Cooma, New South Wales
Now Living:  New South Wales

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