Sister Marjorie Wilkinson Somerville made Tim the subject of her recent speaking engagement ,when she talked about her hey-day in the Australian outback. Tim (as written about in Angels of Augustus)was the little 7-year-old boy whom she and Sister Ethel came upon at the wool scour out of Brewarrina, in 1947. It was a dark, cold night and Tim’s aunt had died in the derelict wool scour building.
As usual, Marjorie kept the people focused and interested during her talk to the people at Noosa Coastal Uniting Cafe Church. The solitariness of her wheelchair belies the strong courage of the pioneer nurse, now 88 years of age.
Tim still haunts Marjorie’s memory — the ambulance headlights had picked him out as the nurses drove into the compound and Tim looked so folorn as he stood there alone, in a man’s hat and coat.
Marj is still on the lookout for news of what became of Tim after he moved to the Newtown region of Sydney in 1947 with his uncle, Mr Barney. SRS
