"She’d sailed to Adelaide from Southampton in 1967 on one of those dirt-cheap assisted passages, following the promise of a new life in Elizabeth and a job at the Holden car plant, and there, she’d met and married Kalvin Schumer, an engineer, a real Australian, born and bred in Adelaide to German parents and as fine and strapping a man as Sheila ever laid eyes on."
Man of German decent? Promising start! 😁
— Jun 26, 2025 10:25AM
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