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
Return to October – Polio Awareness Month – “We’re Still Here!”