Robyn Baker continues
to explore Auntie, the very special Lillian May Gunthorpe.
Auntie is the major
influence in Robyn's life. Robyn says she will paint her
forever. Early in 2009, Robyn drove west starting in Charters
Towers where this story begins. Her reason for this journey
was to discover more about her obsession and to try and
discover what drove her Aunt to take up with the mongrel.
A bit of English rubbish sent out to England's dumping ground
for undesirable aristocrats.
She visited outback
towns where Auntie lived and worked as Matron Gunthorpe
for thirty years. The experience was taxing and rewarding.
Many hospitals and cemeteries were visited. However the
exact spot where Auntie met her husband, the mongrel Sir
Tom Stuart-Gregory was not located. But the town where she
met the mongrel was experienced with lunch of delicious
pasties and rich peach-blossoms for dessert.
The hospital that
she governed with an iron-will was observed reverently.
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