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Come meet a Southbank neighbour

Come meet a Southbank neighbour

December 7th, 2022 - Mary Kay Rauma

I was at a party the other day and a guest asked me how I knew the hosts. “Actually, we met in the elevator,” I replied.

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Meet a Southbank neighbour, Lev Lafayette

November 9th, 2022 - Mary Kay Rauma

There is a life force and resiliency that radiates from Lev Lafayette. His wasn’t an easy childhood, one that brought him to Australia with an adoptive parent as an infant and eventually led to him being raised as a ward of the state. It’s a story that Lev shares with his characteristic up-beat attitude and good nature. 

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Coula Pagagis and Judith Coghill

October 5th, 2022 - Mary Kay Rauma

I was five minutes into my interview with Coula Pagagis when her phone rang. She told me her good friend Judith Coghill would be joining us. Five minutes later there was a knock on the door and suddenly an interview with one became an interview with two.

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Meet a Southbank Neighbour – Chris 

September 7th, 2022 - Mary Kay Rauma

It takes a certain something special to pull off wearing an eyepatch with grace, yet Chris manages to do it effortlessly. It also takes a bit of magic, but we’ll get to that. 

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Meet Zarina Husein-Ellis

August 10th, 2022 - Mary Kay Rauma

If you run into Zarina Husein-Ellis (she prefers her nickname “Z”), chances are she’ll have a book in her hand just as she did when we met to chat. I noticed that she was intently reading a page marked, along with several others, with a paperclip.

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Meet Zarina Husein-Ellis

Meet Zarina Husein-Ellis

August 10th, 2022 - Mary Kay Rauma
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