By Harry Roberts
In the 1500s and 1600s the Portuguese sailed the world and claimed colonies that could enhance their national wealth. In competition with Spain, they set out to claim half the world. Harry’s video story investigates the possibility that the Portuguese may had landed in Corio Bay in the 1500s.
Watch the video on Geelong Writers YouTube channel.
Visit Harry’s Moments in Time Webpage for more stories about people, places and events in our past.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Harry Roberts is a former teacher of secondary English, History and Geography. His interest in writing history was aroused at University. In his twenties he had feature articles published about prominent Geelong athletes and Geelong Athletics from 1990 to 1914.
Family and work commitments grew, so Harry devoted more time to those important aspects of his life. Now in retirement, his passion for writing History has been re-kindled. He has developed a webpage to publish stories about Geelong’s past as well as early, local explorers. On a larger scale, Harry has researched, and is writing, a novel based on a First Fleet sailor’s extraordinary life.
Harry is not just content to tell stories not only in text, but also audio and video media. Joining Geelong Writers’ Group has broadened his writing repertoire to include poetry and short stories in the Memoir genre. Membership also engendered opportunities for camaraderie in his passion for writing History.
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