The Burden Within
Christopher G Thompson and Dianne L Thompson
Born into a wealthy family in England in 1942, Christopher could’ve expected a privileged life. It was not to be. At six years of age, he entered boarding school. The burden of undiagnosed dyslexia led to an aversion to schoolwork, and violent sexual abuse from a fellow boarder became the impetus for leaving school. He embarked on a life of hard manual labour, before returning to his parents’ farm, but continual frustrations between him and his father culminated in a stint of involuntary commitment. On release in 1964, he left for Australia as a ‘10 Pound Pom’.
For the next ten years, he roamed Australia – working in its cities, rural towns, and outback. But a rolling stone gathers no moss. Christopher, the adventurer, insidiously became a hard-working, hard-drinking and hard-playing drifter on a downward spiral. In 1973, on a remote aboriginal settlement in the Northern Territory, new things impacted him and became the impetus for him to think he may have a future – if he survived.
True stories provide insight into the tortuous journey of a lonely, insecure child and young man in England; a unique view through the eyes of an immigrant drifter in Australia; and the rollercoaster ride of reintegrating himself into mainstream society.
Duration - 19h 41m.
Author - Christopher G Thompson and Dianne L Thompson.
Narrator - Matthew Fuller.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2022 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Christopher G Thompson and Dianne L Thompson
Matthew Fuller
Austin Macauley Publishers
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Description:
Born into a wealthy family in England in 1942, Christopher could’ve expected a privileged life. It was not to be. At six years of age, he entered boarding school. The burden of undiagnosed dyslexia led to an aversion to schoolwork, and violent sexual abuse from a fellow boarder became the impetus for leaving school. He embarked on a life of hard manual labour, before returning to his parents’ farm, but continual frustrations between him and his father culminated in a stint of involuntary commitment. On release in 1964, he left for Australia as a ‘10 Pound Pom’. For the next ten years, he roamed Australia – working in its cities, rural towns, and outback. But a rolling stone gathers no moss. Christopher, the adventurer, insidiously became a hard-working, hard-drinking and hard-playing drifter on a downward spiral. In 1973, on a remote aboriginal settlement in the Northern Territory, new things impacted him and became the impetus for him to think he may have a future – if he survived. True stories provide insight into the tortuous journey of a lonely, insecure child and young man in England; a unique view through the eyes of an immigrant drifter in Australia; and the rollercoaster ride of reintegrating himself into mainstream society. Duration - 19h 41m. Author - Christopher G Thompson and Dianne L Thompson. Narrator - Matthew Fuller. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023. Copyright - © 2022 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:15
Prologue
Duration:00:03:11
Chapter One: The Beginning
Duration:00:10:58
Chapter Two: My Early Years
Duration:00:28:29
Chapter Three: Growing Up
Duration:00:31:25
Chapter Four: Potent Memories
Duration:00:44:13
Chapter Five: Hard Toil
Duration:00:36:22
Chapter Six: Folly and Tension
Duration:00:43:37
Chapter Seven: Break Out and Break Free
Duration:00:37:23
Chapter Eight: Into the Unknown
Duration:00:19:11
Chapter Nine: Square Peg in A Round Hole
Duration:00:52:04
Chapter Ten: The Life of a Drifter
Duration:00:33:21
Chapter Eleven: The Sugar Shack
Duration:00:29:25
Chapter Twelve: Driving Mrs Jorgie
Duration:00:34:37
Chapter Thirteen: Shark Bait
Duration:00:20:56
Chapter Fourteen: Aussie Life
Duration:00:30:59
Chapter Fifteen: Aussie Mates
Duration:00:29:29
Chapter Sixteen: Bright Lights
Duration:00:21:38
Chapter Seventeen: Sleeping Rough
Duration:00:24:34
Chapter Eighteen: The Nullarbor Plain
Duration:00:59:16
Chapter Nineteen: I'm A Pommy!
Duration:00:33:32
Chapter Twenty: Coral and Grit
Duration:00:20:27
Chapter Twenty One: Three Ways
Duration:00:11:56
Chapter Twenty Two: The Top End
Duration:00:20:33
Chapter Twenty Three: The Red Centre
Duration:00:24:33
Chapter Twenty Four: Midwest Gold!
Duration:00:24:48
Chapter Twenty Five: Pilbara Region
Duration:00:26:42
Chapter Twenty Six: Fast and Furious
Duration:00:28:20
Chapter Twenty Seven: Raking Old Coals
Duration:00:19:56
Chapter Twenty Eight: The Game-Changer
Duration:00:40:33
Chapter Twenty Nine: My Dianne
Duration:01:08:00
Chapter Thirty: A Roller Coaster
Duration:01:33:23
Chapter Thirty One: Surviving the Odds
Duration:00:59:31
Chapter Thirty Two: A Major Player
Duration:01:19:43
Chapter Thirty Three: Clawing Back
Duration:00:37:29
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:14