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The Robinsons. By Hilde Goldschmidt. 1973
Preface
I believe it is appropriate to provide you as a reader an explanation of what Stephanie and I are wanting to achieve with these writings and photographs.
The content is not detailed enough to constitute a memoir while not being so superficial to be too easily dismissed. We want to give an overview of our family structure, their colonial mandate and our impressions of them as well as we are able with the information we have. Our histories follow similar paths and patterns despite being formulated a half a world away from each other.
We have tried to supplement the stories with photographs that match the written words. We are also wishing to give the reader an idea of who we are, what we think, what has influenced us and what we make of the country and the world which has given us so much in the 8 decades we have prowled the globe.
We are aware that some readers will know David, some will know Stephanie and many will know us both. We have set this up as a web site for a few reasons. Firstly we don’t have the resources to publish a book and secondly we want it to be a living document which we will add to when we feel we might have something to add.
You will see that there are several appendices. Stephanie especially wanted to document her family in an appendix rather than mix it up too much with her own stories, musings and explanations of the individuals and mentors she has discussed in her body of the story. David has put an appendix in that was written by Murray Cree, who along with Geoff Samuels founded the Salisbury Street Foundation. SSF was a major accomplishment for David and readers might look at their website as the organization is still flourishing some forty seven years after David initiated the idea and realized a significant piece of social history in NZ.
Most of the stories are enhanced with pictures. We have tried to insert as many as we can justify. Friends, family, events, places and a picture of us in our surroundings wherever they might be.
We have made the contents guide as simple as possible. You can skip around, read what you want and come back again to explore further.
The content is not detailed enough to constitute a memoir while not being so superficial to be too easily dismissed. We want to give an overview of our family structure, their colonial mandate and our impressions of them as well as we are able with the information we have. Our histories follow similar paths and patterns despite being formulated a half a world away from each other.
We have tried to supplement the stories with photographs that match the written words. We are also wishing to give the reader an idea of who we are, what we think, what has influenced us and what we make of the country and the world which has given us so much in the 8 decades we have prowled the globe.
We are aware that some readers will know David, some will know Stephanie and many will know us both. We have set this up as a web site for a few reasons. Firstly we don’t have the resources to publish a book and secondly we want it to be a living document which we will add to when we feel we might have something to add.
You will see that there are several appendices. Stephanie especially wanted to document her family in an appendix rather than mix it up too much with her own stories, musings and explanations of the individuals and mentors she has discussed in her body of the story. David has put an appendix in that was written by Murray Cree, who along with Geoff Samuels founded the Salisbury Street Foundation. SSF was a major accomplishment for David and readers might look at their website as the organization is still flourishing some forty seven years after David initiated the idea and realized a significant piece of social history in NZ.
Most of the stories are enhanced with pictures. We have tried to insert as many as we can justify. Friends, family, events, places and a picture of us in our surroundings wherever they might be.
We have made the contents guide as simple as possible. You can skip around, read what you want and come back again to explore further.
A woman and a man sat down together from time to time to talk about their pasts, futures and presents. They decide to share migration stories and commit them to writing.
Their writing turned to gratitude.
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