Description: Leslee Anne Hewson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Shortly after her second birthday her family uprooted and travelled for the next five years throughout Australia with business commitments. And no, they were not gypsies, although they did travel with a caravan. The Correspondence School, which posted fortnightly to pupils who could not attend a regular school,…
Leslee Anne Hewson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Shortly after her second birthday her family uprooted and travelled for the next five years throughout Australia with business commitments. And no, they were not gypsies, although they did travel with a caravan.
The Correspondence School, which posted fortnightly to pupils who could not attend a regular school, became her first schooling. At seven and a half years of age Leslee Anne and her brother, Gordon, lived with an aunt and uncle so they could begin at a regular school. Petrified of the headmaster when asked to read she stared back at him, mute. Of course, she could read but he didn’t know that.
Leslee Anne was placed in Grade 1 with all the five year olds. Her brother started school the same day. He was put in the other Grade 1 class. No, they were not twins. He started school aged five like the rest of the children. Leslee Anne felt as tall as a giraffe in comparison to the children two years younger than her. Feeling the odd one out she was soon made to feel welcome and the other children looked up to her, literally! Once she settled in, it was realised she was in the wrong class and she was pla