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6  LANSDOWNE NEWS, AUTUMN 2021






























                                                               Meet Betty Robertson






          Meet Betty Robertson. Betty celebrated her         working as a typist to organising performers and
          100th birthday earlier this month, the question    orchestras to play at the Town Hall. “It was lovely
          on everyone’s mind is ‘What’s your secret?’.       working with the ABC”, Betty states. “Every time
          When asked, Betty chuckles and replies “HOT        somebody left their job, I’d apply for their job and
          cups of tea. They’ve got to be very HOT”. At       sometimes they would hire me!” As humble as
          Lansdowne Gardens, Betty is known for her love     that, Betty says there’s so much more she could
          of sun, fresh air and skillful eye for bocce, but just   share, but the highlights were travelling for work
          like the old proverb, there is more than meets     and working besides James Dibble.
          the eye.
                                                             Amongst the countless hours at the ABC, Betty
          Betty’s story begins in Brisbane where she was     continued playing tennis and travelling. Betty tells
          born on the 6th of March in 1921. As a child       the story of a few close friends and herself
          Betty enjoyed playing tennis and growing up with   travelling over Europe in an old Taxi Cab. “It was
          younger sister Marie, who also lives at            easy travelling in the taxi, you could drive
          Lansdowne Gardens. Although there was much         anywhere and everywhere. Sometimes it was
          fun in the sun to be had, Betty expresses that she   cheaper to even sleep in the taxi than renting a
          was very eager for bigger things. Betty studied    room in a hotel” Betty giggles.
          shorthand and soon began working on the switch
          board at the ABC. Betty can still recall the early   Betty moved into Wycombe Road three years ago
          years, including working in the Pennings Building   and has enjoyed many bus trips, keeping fit by
          in Brisbane.                                       walking and recently contributing to the
                                                             communal garden. On behalf of Lansdowne
          Betty continued to have a very successful career   Gardens, we wish you a very special happy
          as she climbed her way up the ladder, clocking in   birthday, Betty!
          a total of over 40 years at the ABC! Over the
          years Betty performed many job roles including
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