Marion Kossatz (O'Hara) YHS 1945 Matriculated from YHS in 1950 and went to Melbourne Teachers' College in 1951 – qualified as a trained Primary Teacher at 18. I was not old enough to go to University so joined the Primary Service in Vic. I taught till my marriage in 1958; compulsorily resigned and had my 3 children during the next 10 years - Peter, Leanne & Jim. I went teaching again as Principal to the allace Public School near Ballarat in 1968 and continued to teach until 1992 by which time I had taught in Primary and Secondary Schools in ACT and retired as the Computer Consultant for the Dept of Education. My husband died suddenly in 1997. In 1999 I became a member of Volunteers for isolated Student Education (VISE). In that capacity, I travelled through the NT and North Qld for 6 months in each of the following 3 years. In Arnhemland, Barkly Tableland, Simpson Desert, Tanami Desert and the Gulf of Carpentaria I was a Volunteer Teacher on very remote cattle stations and taught either students from Correspondence Schools and the Schools of the Air, or else I helped the Station owners and accountants with word processing, databases, accountancy, email, internet and other computing needs. In 2002 and 2003, I am travelling with the Great Moscow Circus again as a Volunteer Teacher for their senior children from years 8, I and 11. I drive a Ford Campervan which is my transport and accommodation and I tow another caravan which is our schoolroom, still being modified. So, from Wakool to the Circus, I am still in school and would not choose to change either......Marion
