N: What do you do when you miss your parents? Rachael’s story’
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**Note below.
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**This book features many different families that reflect the diverse nature of families in Australia today. e.g. modern nuclear, single parent, multi-racial, blended and same-sex parent families. We realise that having the latter families in the book may mean it would not be used in some settings, such as faith-based educational settings or services. To ensure all children have access to this book, we have provided an alternate version here.
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Dr Benjamin Thorn was born in Canberra and grew up there. He spent a couple of years of his childhood in England, before returning to Australia. He attended school in Canberra and then moved to Sydney to attend university. He spent a year living in Italy during his post-graduate degree. Ben has performed, composed and taught music in the city and in regional locations for many years. Ben learned some Italian when he was living there and became a translator. You can learn to say 'hello' and 'goodbye' in Italian by listening to a recording of Ben below.
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Associate Professor Navjot Bhullar is the storyteller for this video. Navjot is a behavioural scientist and an academic in psychology at the University of New England, Armidale and seeks to find what makes people happy. She also works with other environmental scientists to protect and conserve nature as it helps us to improve our mental health. In addition to doing research, Navjot teaches statistics and data analysis and trains students in conducting psychological research.
Navjot was born in Northern India and completed her university studies in both India and Australia. Before joining the University of New England in 2012, Navjot has worked at the University of Canberra and the University of Wollongong. She is an avid reader and loves to go on hikes and bushwalks. You can learn to say “hello” and “goodbye” in Hindi (the national language of India) and Punjabi (the regional language of the state of Punjab, India) by listening to Navjot in the recordings below.