Good morning all, it’s Monday and I am continuing with the posts about Australia today I touching on law enforcement and the first police officers in Australia.

This information will be posted over a few weeks, this is part one.

The New South Wales(NSW)Police Force is one of the largest police organisations in the English speaking world. It began as the first civilian police force in Australia, known as the Night Watch, and was formed by Governor Arthur Phillip in 1789 to guard Sydney Town. It consisted of 12 convicts who were considered to be the most well-behaved in the colony.

In 1862, all Watch Teams were combined under the Police Regulation Act 1862 to form the NSW Police Force. That Act was later replaced by the Police Regulation Act 1899.

In June 1987, the NSW Police Force (which had carriage of operations) and the NSW Police Department (which had carriage of policy and administration) were amalgamated. We operate under the Police Act 1990 and the Police Regulations 2008.

Way back in 1788 when the First Fleet arrived the initial policing of the new colony of NSW was placed in the hands of the Royal Navy Marines. This was not something the Marines wanted to do so Governor Phillip appointed a bloke by the name of John Smith a free settler to the position of Constable, although he didn’t stay in office long but Smith was the first recorded Police Officer in Australia.

In 1789 the Night Watch and the Row Boat Guard were appointed by Governor Phillip drawn from the ranks of the best behaved convicts. In 1790 the Night Watch was replace by the Sydney Foot Police which continued as an organised force until the amalgamation of all NSW colonial police forces in 1862. The Row Boat Guard was both an independent Water Police as well as part of the Sydney Police and was the forerunner of what is today known as the Marine Area Command.

FIRST DAY OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

Up at 4.55am as per usual I am not one of those people who will comment that it is really an hour earlier, I don’t see the point.

I received 3 letters yesterday when Tasha checked the P O Box one from a pal saying she is no longer able to write and one from someone who said they have written a few time but received no reply which is weird.

Had to restart the computer 3 times this morning and it is still running slow and my book won’t play, it was working but not at the moment which is frustrating.

Tasha got pissed off when I reminded her that her dad would not be paying her CTP this time because she hasn’t been driving her car a lot the last 6 months her friend has been driving it a lot, when she first lent him her car both me and Tim told her that because he was using the car so much we wouldn’t be paying the CTP and she got super pissed and there has been something of a fight and she says she is done with us and she didn’t want the car and blah blah blah. I got upset and cried wanting my mum to talk it over with. I will not be contacting her for a little while and I hope she calms down and understands how things are, she has really over reacted in my opinion.

Had a bad night with upsetting dreams, something to do with my dad being angry about what I don’t know.

Tasha brought down my medications and told me she is done with us I tried talking to her again but everything I said she turned around and made out I was calling her lazy and other stuff I got frustrated and feel even more hurt.

Kathy and the girls came over the girls helped me emptied the bins and Sydney vacuumed out for me. Kathy went to talk to Tasha, I asked how Tasha was and Kathy said she was fine, nothing else just fine.

Tasha came down and gave her dad $15 for fuel for letting her take the car to the gym.

She came back at 3pm with a bag of things she had picked up at the shops for me and to help me get ready for bed, this is when we managed to talk without her going off her brain and by the time she left we had patched things up.

Had a better nights sleep although when Tim came to bed he got straight up again as both the hallway light and the light in his office came on then off again so he got up to investigate, thinking Sam must have come in but no he wasn’t here and all I said was that maybe it was dad

A bloody hot day temps in the 30’s.

Tasha came down at around 8.30ish to ask if I had any idea why she is so tired, she is sleeping well but always tired and has no energy. I said maybe she is low in iron or vitamin B something. She bought some Berocca which she said helped a little, she see the GP on Thursday.

Took a video of myself watching TV I thought I was sitting still and felt happy, when I replayed it I looked stunned and my jaw was moving all the time and at a couple of points it looked like my body was moving, I knew my arms/hands were moving.

Before going to bed last night I had a shower and shaved my own legs but it wasn’t a good job I hope next time I will do better. It is suppose to be not as hot today.

Kathy and the girls arrived around 9am not long after Tasha came down, she took the girls to Glendale to go to Kmart to get some Halloween things.

When they got back the girls wanted to apply make up to Nana’s face and I of course let them do so. Tim said I looked scary.

Turned out to be another hot day and had to turn the air con on around lunch time.

Men came an finished working on the roof, they said it was all done when they left and it shouldn’t leak anymore, we will see.

Back into long pants and so cold part of me feels like turning the heater on but I won’t.

The computer is so slow this morning but I am not getting stressed by it.

Sue came over to see me and we had a nice chat I told her the disagreement we had with Tasha on Sunday and Monday. This is something Sue understands as she has problems with her kids at times. We both had a little cry then changed the topic and had a good laugh over our sense of direction which we both don’t have. Don’t ask me which way is North or South or even East or West because I have no idea.

Another cold morning so still in light weight long pants.

Had a text from my baby brother saying they may be over on Saturday (tomorrow) to see me just because he hasn’t seen me in a while.

At 7.30am the computer started telling me I had no internet again even though I do, which is so frustrating. It was at this time I realised I hadn’t heard from Kathy so I sent her a text, she rang saying she forgot about me but that’s ok she was enjoying her kid free time, her girls are at their other grandparents place, they slept over last night as she has them Thursday and Friday during the school holidays.

Tim had an appointment with his counsellor, he said it went well.

Up a little early 4.50am in for a much cooler day, this morning it isn’t too bad but far from hot.

Another day with a temperamental computer.

Had a text from Sue she isn’t having a good day, very depressed, I sent her a reply that I hope helped how she is feeling.

Dave, Leigh & Liarna came over for a visit they had their new pup with them another border collie this is their 3^rd dog all are border collie’s. It was great seeing them.

A bit later Sandy turned up with Temika, Denni & Skylar but also had Temika’s new boyfriend with them, so a crowded small car.

Sam has been here in his room all day while his mum has been at work.

Hello everyone, this cold morning is causing my brain to shift into neutral and not want to work right, anyway what is Jo-Anne thinking about this morning, other then being frustrated with the pain in my back, feeling my jaw move and and the internet being a bitch and not working.

Well I had a visit from my sister Sue yesterday that was nice we both had a cry over the way our children can treat us at times, she has 4 children and feel like at any given time she will say or do the wrong thing causing someone not to want to talk to her, my girls can be just as bad at times with me not knowing what the hell I said or did to piss them off. This is not a problem I remember mum and dad ever having with me or my siblings.

This morning I had a text from my brother saying him and his wife would like to come over on Saturday just to see us because they haven’t seen me in ages.

I ordered some writing paper from Wish (over the internet) and stuffed up one lot of it is small note size paper, I must have read the description wrong, oh well I will use it for something it is just frustrating. Buying nice writing paper isn’t easy partly because I don’t get to the shops in person to have a look around.

I feel that no one really wants to take me shopping because I walk so slow and need to stop and rest often, unless we take the wheelchair and someone pushes me which they don’t like doing. I could take the scooter but they girls say they don’t know how to take it apart and it won’t fit in their cars. So I am stuck at home shopping online when the bloody internet is working and not freezing and being a bitch.

The above photo is how I looked after my granddaughters did my face.

Well here we are at another Thursday, and another post about working life in the 1890’s.

The number of unions grew between 1855 and 1885 as the old craft unions were joined by mining, industrial, manufacturing and pastoral spheres unions.

A symbol of the growing influence of unions was the building of a Trade Hall in Melbourne in 1859 by the National Trades Hall and Literary Institute. This was claimed to be the first build of its type in the world, the early timber building was replaced in 1876 by a fine Greek-revival Trades Hall building. A Trades and Labour Council was formed in Sydney in 1871 and the Melbourne Trades Hall Council was formed in 1884.

Let’s move on to working conditions, the first factory act in Australia regulating the employment of females in workrooms and factories was passed in Victoria in 1873. Hours were limited to eight and a minimum provision of 25 cubic metres of air space per person male or female was stipulated.

These new laws, however, didn’t effect conditions for all workers, there were many “home” or “out” workers who were paid at non-union rates. Homework was work taken home by factory hands after hours and paid for by the piece. Outwork was done by people in their homes and was not therefore subject to union conditions. There were also many small workplaces with fewer then 10 people employed which fell outside the 1873 Factory Act provision.

More about conditions next week.

After a few stinking hot days, today will be much cooler with a top of 27 degrees instead of being in the low 30’s. Today is the day for some Aussie slang.

Dobber: Someone who tells on others just to see them get into trouble

Kero: Kerosene

Milk Bar: Corner shop that sells take away food

Mongrel: Despicable person

Mug: A friendly insult or a gullible person

Hello Tuesday time for another creature and this week it is a Giraffe, this I am sure we have all heard of.

There is no other land animal on earth as tall as the giraffe, if you stood on the second floor of a building a giraffe could easily look in on you through the window. Why is this well because its neck is as long as its legs about 1.8m and its feet are the diameter of a dinner plate.

In fact everything about the giraffe is oversized its heart is 60cm long and its tongue stretches up to half a metre. It has a black tongue which protects it from the harsh sun in Africa.

The pattern of a giraffe’s coat is unique just like our fingerprints. The shape of the patterning reflects where they live in Africa.

Females give birth throughout the year and usually reach sexual maturity between the ages of five and seven years. Males reach sexual maturity between seven and eight years of age and travel extensively to detect and investigate females receptive to mating.

They can live as long as 25 years.

Aside from humans,crocodiles and lions are giraffe’s only predators. However, due to their size, giraffes do not hide from these predators. They are able to protect themselves from predators by staying in groups, as it makes it more challenging for the predator.

Hello Tuesday time for another creature and this week it is a Giraffe, this I am sure we have all heard of.

There is no other land animal on earth as tall as the giraffe, if you stood on the second floor of a building a giraffe could easily look in on you through the window. Why is this well because its neck is as long as its legs about 1.8m and its feet are the diameter of a dinner plate.

In fact everything about the giraffe is oversized its heart is 60cm long and its tongue stretches up to half a metre. It has a black tongue which protects it from the harsh sun in Africa.

The pattern of a giraffe’s coat is unique just like our fingerprints. The shape of the patterning reflects where they live in Africa.

Females give birth throughout the year and usually reach sexual maturity between the ages of five and seven years. Males reach sexual maturity between seven and eight years of age and travel extensively to detect and investigate females receptive to mating.

They can live as long as 25 years.

Aside from humans, crocodiles and lions are giraffe’s only predators. However, due to their size, giraffes do not hide from these predators. They are able to protect themselves from predators by staying in groups, as it makes it more challenging for the predator.

Ok I have written about our constitution and how we don’t have what some would call a bill of rights, we do have a few constitutional rights which are.

Right to vote but not for aborigines until I think 1962

Right to trial by jury in certain cases but not all

Right to be paid a fair price if the government compulsory acquires your property

Freedom of religion

Protection against discrimination base on which state you lived in

We also have free trade between states and the right to remain silent is recognised by all states and federal courts.

There have been 44 referendums with only 8 changes being approved the last referendum was in 1999 about Australia becoming a republic since we are not that didn’t get approved. The constitution can only by altered by a referendum and to succeed a majority of voters nationwide and states (4 out of 6) must approve the changes. Our next referendum is on the 14 October 2023.

Another cold morning only 8 degrees as I type this.

Tim realised he hadn’t heard from the ATO so go online and checked it out and no he had forgotten to submit his tax return which is ok as he forgot to add a couple of deductions which he will do and submit it tomorrow, he can’t submit today as he can’t find the right information.

Sam brought over some Ferrero Rocher’s that his mum didn’t want.

Up dressed and ready for the day, I am in long pants again, went to get my class of milk only to find it had gone off, use by date was today and it was half full so annoying.

I am off to the doctors this morning about my left arm which I still have little strength and movement in it.

He said I am I doing all I can for the arm but suggested I have physio in January if still have limited movement.

Tim has been taken off a medication which he thought was for restless legs but is a nerve pain tablet.

Had a good night, but this morning I didn’t have my normal morning wash as I was on the toilet when Tim came in saying he needed to go, so I left the bathroom.

I came out and started getting things set up opening the screen doors so the daylight can come through when daylight arrives. By the time Tim had finished and gone back to bed I lost interest in having a wash.

The shopping arrived at 8am of course some stuff has not come.

Tim went to his podiatrist appointment, all went well. She mentioned to Tim about my feet, he didn’t remember me telling him about them and how I have to show the neurologist.

Had a night of weird dreams not upsetting dreams just weird, including a visit from my Uncle Ronnie, Sandy came with him. Uncle Ronnie has passed, Sandy has not.

Kathy dropped Summer off at 8.45am.

Tim at last did his tax return and lodged it.

Sandy and Denni came over to pick up the letter I printed out for her, I told her about my dream.

We bought pizza for lunch getting Summer what she wanted plain cheese.

An early start to the day as I found myself awake and needing to pee, so I got up at 4.40am.

When I opened the front door I noticed Jess wasn’t home yet but she arrived home around 5.20am.

Started raining around 7am and it was heavy rain for a while but the day has mostly been dry.

At around 4pm someone arrived about the roof he had an order to put a tarp over it. However,he did more then that, I will ask Tim about what he did tomorrow.

In for another hot day, I have long pants on this morning but I suspect I will change into shorts around 10am.

I went in at 9.30 and changed into shorts for the day. Had a bad morning as in a lot of shaking and being unable to focus as in concentrate on anything,

things improved by around 10ish.

It has been a hot day turned the air con on at midday.

Asked Tim about the roof got a little info about it like the guy will be back on Saturday to do more stuff and that there was cracked tiles.

The internet is running pretty slow this morning and it isn’t bothering me at all which is good I have a lot I want to do on it but no point getting in a tizz over it, won’t change anything just give me a headache.

Another very warm day.

Tasha is going out tonight with some friends from the gym she is getting a lift from a mate. She had Tim hem a black jacket she wants to take with her.

She borrowed the car in order to get Blain and Subway for him this afternoon.

Here we are at another Friday and it is the day for my thoughts and this week I am thinking about catalogues, why well because last week I found some in the letter box. Haven’t had that since March 2020 and how I have missed them.

Yes I check out catalogues online but for me it isn’t the same as looking through hard copies with a pen to circle anything of interest.

I like looking through supermarket catalogues and department stores such as Big W, Target or Kmart. I even don’t mind looking through Spotlight or Chemist Warehouse catalogues.

Sometimes I will see something in a catalogue and will then search Ebay for a similar item that is cheaper.

Do you like catalogues?

Are you receiving paper catalogues or do you just have online versions?

Well here we are at another Thursday and another post about working life in the 1890’s.

The first union to win an eight-hour day in Australia was the Operative Stonemasons Society of New South Wales in September 1855. this isolated victory was not long lasting and did not spread throughout the colony. Sydney plasterers gained an eight-hour day in 1861, but many others in the building trade were not so lucky.

It was around April 1856 members of the Victorian builders trade negotiated an eight-hour working day on the 21 April, however, one contractor who was in charge of the building Parliament House in Victoria refused to comply with the new rule.

Because of this building unionists led by James Galloway and James Stephens, marched through Melbourne to Parliament to lodge their protest and call on other workmen who didn’t have an eight-hour working day to strike.

The craft unionists declared 21 April a holiday for themselves and their families, ending the day at the Common Gardens an amusement park near the city.

So the 1856 victory in Victoria was commemorated for the next 90 years by having the 21 April a public holiday known as eight-hour day. This evolved into Labour Day and over years changed in to the second Monday in March when the autumn weather is better. Western Australia and Tasmania also celebrate the day in March. In New South Wales and South Australia the holiday falls in October and Queensland it is in May.

The winning of the eight-hour day heartened many other workers to join unions. Such victories were hard-won and the majority of workers laboured long hours in their various workplaces.

Around the 1870’s due to the goldrush there was much investment in factories and such in Victoria, this created many jobs but little attention was paid to the working conditions such as lighting and ventilation. There was some large factories and liberal-philanthropic organisations supported the Factory Acts especially to regulate workplaces for women and children.

However, most factory workers a group which included increasing numbers of women, found their major support for better workplaces was in unions.