April 29, 2009 10:49 by
philip
Photo: Philip Thiel Source: Museum Victoria
The usual sigh of relief at the Immigration Discovery Centre, this morning, when Maria walked in for her weekly shift of volunteering. We love her. Pencils get sharpened, books get reshelved, visitors are given expert help with their enquiries. I still remember the time when Maria and I welcomed a whole class of adult researchers to the IDC, each with a project on a different group of migrants to Victoria - never before had there been so much high-speed photocopying, and never before had I witnessed a volunteer displaying such poise. Today she's creating research tools about Victoria's Turkish community, with one eye on the computer screen and another on the door - "can I help you?"
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