American reacts to the University of Sydney

[@mixedgems]

Used to work there for many, many years in the international education space. And yes, Ryan, there are usually hundreds of US study abroad students at USYD each year. It's the first university in Australia and thus the oldest. It is a comprehensive university, teaching almost everything. Tuition actually varies depending on what you study (different disciplines are subsidised differently by the government). Also, we don't have in state / out of state tuition like the US. Tuition also varies if you are in international student as they must pay the "full cost" of a course. At USYD, an international student will pay AU$91,000 per year (which increases annually) for their medical degree whereas an Australian domestic student will pay AU$12,720 per year. Bit of trivia: I quite like the motto and crest. The crest contains the Lion of Cambridge and Book of Oxford with the Latin motto 'Sidere mens eadem mutato'. This means "The stars change, the mind remains the same" or "The constellation is changed, the disposition is the same" or "The same learning under new stars". In a nutshell, building a university like an Oxford or Cambridge (due to the British colonial connection) in the southern hemisphere.

[@artistjoh]

It is amazing how well they succeeded. The founders included very remarkable people like Alexander MaCleay, the naturalist with the largest collection of Australian and Pacific specimens who was in contact with Darwin as Darwin was doing research for The Origin Of The Species. The university started with the highest standards and aspired to be one of the best.

[@kedledoeimange]

Pre sure Melbourne Uni is ranked higher

[@mixedgems]

@@kedledoeimangeYes you are right. However, USYD is the first i.e. oldest university in Australia.

[@andemaiar]

Being from South Australia, I had no idea how extensive and state-of-the-art the Sydney Uni is. Beats the shit out of the Tafe I went to!

[@artistjoh]

It is an amazing university.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Lol Tafe is a fukin technical school. It doesn't need to be state of the art. Doofus 😂😂😂😂

[@Hochspitz]

UniSA is also awesome with quite a few campuses.

[@bronwyn6415]

@@Hochspitz Which is now joining up with Adelaide Uni, I believe.

[@Vegemite_Warrior]

Tafe is shit all over the country, I went to one on an excursion and it was horrible.

[@artistjoh]

I love University of Sydney. It is walking distance from my apartment. My wife graduated with a Masters in Environmental Law, and one of my son's did Software Engineering there. It is regularly voted one of the most beautiful universities in the world but it is also one of the best global university's for employability of graduates. Both my son and wife can confirm that, with both receiving multiple unsolicited job offers within a short time of graduating. My son went from graduation to running the digital security for one of the country's largest telco's with a team of 50 engineers working for him. My wife's law degree was amazing. Her lecturers included High Court judges, and the authors of the law text books they were using. After graduating a month ago she got job offers to teach Environmental Law at two universities that sought her out. She accepted one of them and was immediately employed designing the curriculum and her first classes started this week. USyd is a fabulous university. Hard to get into, but well worth it if you get accepted.

[@blacksorrento4719]

There is also Macquarie University over on the north side of Sydney. Its campus sits on over 300acres, has its own railway station and private teaching hospital. Yes we are very fortunate, in our choice of higher education, which is why we have many international students come to Australia to obtain their degrees.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

I enjoyed going to Macquarie, and I worked at the University of New South Wales - three different unis, with their own unique settings and each with exceptionally high standards! 👍

[@kcrot2566]

I love Australia

[@jenniferharrison8915]

My niece actually works at Sydney Uni in research, she just couldn't leave after her graduation there - the atmosphere and the facilities are truly superb! 😁

[@ZoeBrain]

It's been 45 years since I went to Sydney for a BSc in Pure Maths and Computer Science. It was free, but many of the "lectures" were in vast halls with 1000+ students watching 20 or so Black and White TVs. I got lots of exercise, Maths in the Wallace theatre, or Carslaw building, CompSci in the Basser dept of computer science in the old Physics building, Philosophy (logic) in the Quadrangle...Speedwalking required between lectures. Seeing DiVinyls at the E.R.Holme Union building .

[@paulstewart1557]

semester has finished - no one in the Library probably. Being an old University by Australian standards, many alumni over the century have died and bequeathed fortunes to the University which have enabled it to grow.

[@jkassdopnm]

Australia does very well when it comes to higher education. All states have at least 1 university in the top 200 in the world, with some universities being in the top 20.

[@RoseHagan-d6z]

I was 60 last October. My first job when I was 14 in 1977 was as a first-year animal nurse at the University of Sydney in the Blackburn building. We worked in conjunction with the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital next to the university. There were horses and other animals on the grounds at that time. Very excited on my first day. I was in the rat room. Sounds awful, but it was magical. At 24, I went back to school and became a lawyer. I think it was the opportunity that I was I given then as a dropout and someone that came from a dysfunctional family the university gave me a huge opportunity. I wish that life was so simple for this generation.

[@melissamanton9630]

Both my daughters went to USYD. It is a truly amazing place. When you are there the atmosphere smells of history and learning. It really makes you want to enrol in anything just to soak it up! My eldest daughter bought a home in Forest Lodge, literally 5 minutes walk to the uni, so I get to breathe in that "air" whenever I visit.

[@nathanoates5006]

Quoted tuition fees is just yearly fee for the classes (actual fee depends on the course). If you choose to live in one of the colleges, that will be much more. Some people do but it probably isn’t as common as in the US, I’d say most people will be living in surrounding suburbs or these days maybe living at home and commuting.

[@overworlder]

The suburbs around U Sydney are so cool too. Once upon a time students could afford to rent houses in Glebe, Newtown, Forest Lodge and Camperdown.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Yes, thats true, now they are out of reach for most students! 🤨

[@c8Lorraine1]

Yeah, and when the uni sold them at auction they fetched over a million dollars each for location alone. Walking distance to Sydney Uni, CBD all types of entertainment

[@quarkcypher]

I actually grew up in those areas you mentioned. My mother was born in a house in Darlington. Those suburbs were mainly populated by factory workers or blue-collar workers. My parents rented a terrace house in Chippendale for $4 a week in the 1960's. Things have changed aplenty since then.

[@Danger_Mouse3619]

UWS University of Western Sydney is the largest University in Australia. It has many campuses spread across western Sydney. I studied Visual Communication at the South Werrington side in our design building.

[@gamera3000]

I went to Sydney Uni. Exams were done in a building with beautiful timber vaulted ceilings. My daughter worked in an Agriculture research lab at Camden straight out of high school.

[@royferntorp]

I studied there for free in the 1980's. The government actually handed out monry to students as a living expense thing. The scheme was called TEAS. Other older students might remember those days.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Yep. Only way I could afford tertiary education. I quit my job when Whitlam became Prime Minister . I enrolled as a mature student at the ripe old age of 21.

[@royferntorp]

@@c8Lorraine1 I think I was around 20. Loved that Library. I had a lot of friends in media at the time. I helped out their Media Studies with some equipment. I studied engineering. Fortunately I had a trade to fall back on.

[@alumycrick2911]

I never enrolled at Sydney University as a student, but on the advice of my modern history teacher I made great use of the Fisher Library's mountain of resources to do research for my HSC essays. I think I became my high school's only ever "expert" on the nineteenth century Russian civil service reform. The Fisher sure helped me get good marks for the essays and in the HSC exam.

[@margueritedilosa2944]

Me too , I studied in the Fisher Library for year 12 , loved being a part of that scene.

[@elli4210]

A friend who lives in a regional town had a meeting on campus, so dropped her 10 year old son and his friend with the Education librarians. She had lots of trouble dragging them out of there when her meeting was done! 😂

[@koala1959rap]

I spend countless hours in the "stack" at the library during my first degree back in the early 80s. Many a time I staggered out with quite a few books for an assignment from there.

[@FionaEm]

I went to a small uni in north Queensland (James Cook University). It only had 4000 students at the time. I'm glad I went there, because by 3rd year (what you guys would call junior year) classes were small and the lecturers knew your name. The lecturer who supervised my 4th year thesis was an acknowledged specialist in his field. I don't think I could have done better at a bigger uni.

[@Maireadmoss]

The folklore was you need to have started studying for end of year exams by the time the jacaranda trees started flowering.

[@overworlder]

haha at ANU it's when the silver poplar fluff falls.

[@AnnQlder]

My English teacher completely ruined jacaranda season for me by telling me that 😂

[@markleon411]

The University of Sydney is the oldest university in Australia and was modelled on Oxford University. I worked for the university when I was in my 20s as a lab assistant which was cool because, as an employee, I got free entrance to all exhibitions and conferences. Besides the main campus in Camperdown, there are campuses scattered all over the state. The main campus backs onto Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and is the teaching facility for undergraduate medicine as well as their huge number of research facilities.

[@missrocks]

A few weeks back, my favourite 12-year old got to play at the Conservatorium of Music with her school band, along with a number of other school bands from around Sydney.

[@sharliwilson5590]

My son graduated from the con a couple of years ago. He got his masters and is now a professional Opera singer❤

[@HuyLy94]

Tuition starts at $9500 for domestic students (Australian/NZ citizens or Australian PRs), this is because it's heavily subsidised by the government and also by international student tuition. For international student's it's about 4x that. Also entry out of high school for domestic students is very competitive. Law for example has an ATAR cutoff of 99.5 so only 0.5% of highschool graduates will even be eligible. Kind of hard to quickly find out what the exact equivalent SAT is but it's around/above 1550.

[@lesleyvass8739]

My fantastic Alma Mater has grown! I graduated in Music in 1966 after four wonderful years, thanks to a Commonwealth Scholarship. Memories….❤ especially of the Conservatorium….

[@cherylemaybury9967]

I went to University of Newcastle, Ourimba campus and got a double degree Bachelor of Arts Linguistics and and Bachelor of Teaching primary. I was able to defer my fees and only pay after I graduated and was earning enough money. I stayed a casual teacher for many years and always earned slightly less than the amount needed to pay back my student debt. I am retired now so I ended up getting my degrees for free. 😊

[@cyclops92]

I worked at the Tall Timbers at Ourimbah, I put my daughter through university by all the money the students put on the bar

[@jayebuss5562]

​@@cyclops92haha, the tallies is a sweet little pub for a couple after work.

[@The_Calm_Chaos]

OK. I'm impressed. I had no idea Sydney Uni was like this.

[@Mathewjcg]

Ahh so glad you reacted to this. I live in Sydney and work at the uni!

[@matthewbrown6163]

My Old Alma Mater - Wonderful history inside the grounds. I first went there for work experience as a teenager in IT but went back to study years later. Attended a few weddings in the grounds too.

[@barbararowley6077]

Well this has sent me off to find campus tour videos of my old Alma mater, La Trobe Uni (Bundoora campus). We have such great Universities - La Trobe is pretty much mid ranked for Australia, but that still puts it in the top 1% worldwide.

[@gregoryparnell2775]

Now you know why so many great inventions come from our really quite small population compared to most other developed countries.

[@jayebuss5562]

We really have made huge innovations to the world. Quite the list.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

@@jayebuss5562 As diverse as the Cochlear- & the Hills Hoist!

[@starlightshimmery]

I loved being at Sydney Uni, my course was in a modern building though so at lunchtime we’d go up & walk around the main quad and feel the historic atmosphere. We only ever used to go to an old hall for enrolment and exams, it was quite something. So beautiful there too when the jacaranda is out in bloom. It’s all very different to when I was there, I loved it back in the 80s

[@thickquinkly1560]

Went to Sydney Uni in the mid 70s. Lived in share houses in the adjacent suburbs and often had to return library books after hours (I think 11:00pm back then) following late night studying or last minute essay completion. Many times on these occasions I would wander over to the main quad and just stand in that little square in the middle and enjoy a minute or two of quiet contemplation before the half hour walk home. So peaceful at 1:00 am compared to 1:00 pm; never once saw another soul there. Haven’t been back in 40 odd years. So great to see the Jacaranda tree still there.

[@rais1953]

My "alma mater" Curtin University in Perth is large too with a total enrolment of nearly 60,000 students. It started in the mid 20th century as a technical college but grew into a general university with regional and international campuses.

[@smithpatricemary]

My brother studied Medicine there, was probably some of the happiest times of his life. I use to visit the Uni occassionally and was always in Awe of its grandeur.

[@illawarriorhill70]

Back in 1970 I had the choice between a Badhelor of Economics at Sydney University or a Bachelor of Commerce at UNSW. I chose UNSW.

[@Jeni10]

Media has no r at the end. However when speaking English, we often need a bridging sound to get from one word to another, and that bridge will be whatever is easiest for the tongue to manoeuvre to the next word. “Media and” has two “a”s adjacent to each other, which is hard to say, so the tongue changes position and a slight “r” sound becomes the bridging sound between those two “a”s. There are videos about speaking English, that can help you listen for these bridges.

[@anniemac7545]

I grew up in Sydney, right near Toronga Zoo where you can get a Ferry from Circular Quay (Sydney CBD). I was lucky to have a job in Circular Quay, so I would walk 3 mins to the Ferry and commute every day on the water....I was so fortunate, it was the best way to catch public transport into the city.....spoilt brat!

[@JoTheSnoop]

I have performed at the Conservatorium of Music and study at USyd. Verbrugghen Hall is so beautiful, especially the acoustics.

[@jimmylin9859]

great video, I loved the reaction, I'm heading into university of Sydney in 2024 and just made a vlog about it haha

[@Michelle.A79]

I am a graduate from the Sydney of university. I loved going there 3 times a week for 2 year. It was the best 2 years of my life I will never forget.

[@quarkcypher]

I went to the University of HK (Hard Knocks). All jokes aside, I grew up in the suburbs surrounding Sydney University. As a child I would wander around the university and marvel at the old and architecturally beautiful buildings. Love the quadrangle. I am only a warehouse worker but I do tell people I went to Sydney University😀

[@Hochspitz]

One way or another I, my 2 children and my niece have been fortunate to study at a variety of universities in Australia. I studied for my third degree (BMUS) at UWA in Perth back in the early 1970s just after I immigrated to Australia from Africa. My daughter chose Kalgoorlie, WA (Ryan should check out that weird outback town in the middle of nowhere where the Red Light district is located on the same street as the police station!) to study metallurgy/mining engineering where she also got hands on training and paid work down in the gold mines. My son did his masters degree in philosophy and started PHD but didn't complete at Sydney Uni and my niece did Bio Medical Science at Deakin Uni in Melbourne and then Medicine at ANU in Canberra, finishing off her hospital internships in Darwin and currently Perth. So yeah, between us we have experienced some great universities here.

[@koala1959rap]

I did my first degree at Sydney many years ago at the time a great place to study with much tradition and some beautiful old buildings

[@roseheath9703]

I’m a USyd graduate, and I actually live 10 minutes away. It’s a lovely campus, managing to integrate newer modern buildings with the old sandstone ones. I often go to musical recitals in the great hall.

[@kcc-karenschroniccorner9432]

I'm doing a PhD in Public Health at the Uni of Sydney and it really is a beautiful campus, especially the old sandstone buildings.

[@inalarose7875]

I'm another one who graduated from Sydney Uni. It was a great time of my life. The historic setting, the challenging lectures (I studied archaeology and just when we would get our ear in for the Greek lecturer, suddenly we'd have someone from Belgium and have to get our ears and brains aligned afresh). And it was a big day when my parents who left school as teenagers got to attend my graduation in the Great Hall. But I've never really understood the US system. I may be wrong but I've always had the idea that college in the US is more of an extra few years of high school rather than university, which is why Americans call everything school. Sort of the idea to keep students in school till they were legal and 21 and could enter the adult world.

[@jk177717]

I studied there decades ago. It was pretty impressive then, but it's gone up a level or two since.

[@pollyparrot9447]

Testament to the rivers of gold brought in by full fee paying international students.

[@crystalroseblue6760]

Many years ago The Professor of Physiology of that University sent a person to test my intelligence and mental fortitude. I Aced it ,came out I was told I have the strongest survival instint ever recorded,and except for a poor education I only sit on the edge of Genius level and would have been there in lights if I had a good education. I was told that unfortunatly I am one of those that fell through the cracks. But that is where I would have gone but for poor circumstances that life threw me. How lucky young people are now to be able to get good education and go to a wonderfull University like this.

[@Skyhawker420]

The pronunciation of 'media' there was only because the next word 'and' started with an 'a'. Rather that have the awkward gap between words with the 'a-a' sound, we sometimes fill it in.

[@Austtube]

Yeah, I went to USyd. I had a mixed experience, it is a beautiful location. Honestly, it really depends on what you want to learn. It's good in some facilities. In other faculties, Sydney is rather ordinary compared to other universities around the country. If thinking of a Uni, you really have to think about what you want to learn, then find the University that has the best reputation in that particular field. Forget the snob value of U Syd. Other Unis can do better in some fields. Also, think of the cost of student accommodation. Sydney is very expensive for students. As a campus, yeah, it's like Hogwarts. And so is Melbourne University. To be honest, the secret is that ANU probably has a higher standard than both Melbourne and Sydney. Just don't tell Melbourne and Sydney, they get most irate if they are true to their school tie

[@jenniferharrison8915]

ANU specialises in commerce and politics, and Canberra is limited and tedious, there's no comparison!

[@darrenheapy1265]

We know you will miss ya family and mates. But seriously its time you started to think about coming over and checking us out for real.

[@glenninuk8981]

Tuition was free when I went to Sinny Yooni in the 1980's. Got to say I didn't recognise half the buildings and there were certainly grass tennis courts behind the Mills Building. I think the last time I played on grass as it happens.

[@FionaEm]

Re: her saying "media-r", it's only because she ran it into the next word, which started with a vowel. We pretty much all do that.

[@matthewlindenberg4213]

Across the road is an awesome live music venue- the Landsdown hotel as well. Around the corner is a great suburb Newtown.

[@katymcdonald5481]

I’ve been to balls at the Great Hall, it’s a great atmosphere and I’ve seen a lot of bands and the Manning Bar on campus there too.

[@rediscoverloz]

I went to Sydney Uni, although I studied nursing at a different campus about a 10 minute walk from main campus. I would have loved to have the experience of the main campus, but we only had our exams there!

[@kimbargwanna1169]

My daughter studied at Sydney Uni. What an amazing place.

[@vicki6496]

I've got two library books from the local council library right now. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell and a collection of stories Maar Bidi. Also available for free are audio books, cds, dvds, WiFi and a bunch of other stuff.

[@rolla5731]

Just begging for some AFL...love it 😂

[@PUFFmyPICTURE]

It's actually around $50k for a certification from this uni it cost me $62,340.00 for my advanced engineering certification on a 3 year course 15 years ago.

[@LiaGoldie]

I loved my time at USYD! Best time of my life!

[@nolaj114]

I remember when tertiary education was FREE (dating myself here)! This university does look awesome though.

[@overworlder]

Drop-out rates were too high when it was free. The government (and taxpayer) got sick of paying for third-empty lecture halls.

[@leecc1574]

That's what millions of dollars does..

[@admanistansheridan1826]

Yeah, did one degree and a masters. My partner is a Senior Lecturer there. I also did a degree and masters at Wollongong Uni. Sydney was great but loved the Gong.

[@Ulbre]

Within a 1km radius of Sydney uni (main campus) there are 780 pubs,clubs and bars :)

[@daveg2104]

Quite a bit of choice for a university education in Sydney (and Australia in general). The major public universities would be - Sydney, New South Wales, UTS (Technology), Macquarie and Western Sydney. Then there are campuses for many other Unis. Australia is home to 41 universities, with 37 public Australian, three private Australian and one private international university. So, unless you are going for snob value alone, it is a good idea to shop around, provided your grades allow it.

[@AngusMcAlister14]

I study engineering here. Sometimes, I forget how lucky I am to be studying at a University like this. When things get tough, I try and remind myself how many people would kill to study at a place like Sydney, and I'm grateful that I'm able to.

[@c8Lorraine1]

I remember checking out books from Fischer library some 40 years ago

[@MonikaHans-h5t]

these universities are all over the country and are the size of a suburb i use to work at a uni in Brisbane as a cook over 30 yrs ago... it had its own cinema....

[@penelopeloadsman3033]

you should look at newcastle university now as grand but still impressive

[@penelopeloadsman3033]

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[@dystar112]

I love libraries and yes I do get books out still 😊

[@illawarriorhill70]

Note tuition fees are strictly tuition only. Residential accommodation adds a LOT more. Most students live OFF campus.

[@zeromax695]

2:25 No, she didn't say Australians were first to dissect humans, that was probably ancient Greeks and Australia is only a little over 200 years old. She said it was the room/lab where the first Sydney Uni dissection occurred. BTW, love your channel.

[@user-gu6zo6ob7n]

Graduate of USyd and post Grad UTS both have amazing facilities and faculty. fees quoted are Government subsidised for Aus citizens and my children both recent grads paid more than $9k pa if you don’t pay upfront you also end up paying much more through a government loan scheme. Full fee for international or local students are average $45k pa

[@charmainelee8815]

Worked ther years ago.

[@katier4140]

I do waterpolo at Sydney uni and its literally so awesome

[@level5rat302]

My mum went there

[@davidjohnpaul333]

1 hectare = 10,000 square metres....My sister went to Sydney University. I was a regular visitor

[@samt356]

The tuition prices actually depend on the degree you study, for example, something in high demand like nursing is around $4000 per year, with more popular/saturated degrees like Commerce and law costing $16000. Keep in mind these are prices for domestic and permanent resident students (since they're partly subsidised by the government), and not international. Also on campus living costs extra (not sure how much for this one though).

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

I went to the University of Sydney 43 to 40 years ago. Computer Science and Engineering. The 2 have become 1 and is now called Robotics. Now things have moved on and I have 2 bits of toilet paper. Over the years I have been to 3 other Uni's

[@jennymaihall]

Melbourne Uni is just as amazing 😻

[@grantmcauliffe3437]

It is a lovely Campus. I spent 6 years full-time there.

[@doubledee9675]

AFL may be played at Sydney Uni these days, but it wasn't in my time there over 60 years ago.

[@veronicalaverick6568]

Fabulous uni but the University of Queensland (UQ) is similar and has just been named Australia's number 1 University. Lifestyle is fabulous ... as the slogan goes beautiful one day, perfect the next.

[@megbond]

And just think, that's second behind The University of Melbourne, that has a global ranking of 14, with Sydney University ranked at 19.

[@TattooedAussieChick]

I attend the University cardiac clinic at Westmead. It’s amazing. And completely free.

[@BeatWittwer-x8p]

The fees you are quoting are for the least expensive course ( per annum). Fees, for example, in medicine are far in excess of that. Fees for residents are well and truly more, as you would expect My partners medical degree cost well in excess of $180,000 followed by a mandatory post graduate degree adding a further $35,000 and that was not at USYD but in Adelaide 8 years ago.

[@sarahanderson3897]

We pay about $3000-$5000 per subject per semester on top of the uni fees

[@rfarid]

“What’s a hector” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Animecutie-xo3ib]

Definitely recommend to watch a campus tour of Adelaide uni

[@the-flatulator]

12,000 Hectares is 29,652 Acres. Hectares are metric, just like the rest of the world :)

[@elli4210]

The department of veterinary sciences has a student clinic, and they sell car bumper stickers which read, "My cat/dog does to university" 😆😊

[@waza987]

Sydney is a big city, and the University of Sydney is one of the bigger Unis in Australia. Remember on Price though this is government Uni so in terms of fees is more comparable to a State college for in state students (but ours are federally funded so you don’t need to stay i state) rather than one of the expensive tοp private universities in America.

[@raychristison5231]

Sydney University laboratories first identified the genetic sequence of the COVID-19 virus and shared this information around the world.

[@jgsheehan8810]

My GF got his Medical degrees at Sydney Uni in the 1920s so it was nice to see the old buildings he probably walked through.

[@shezza66]

The uni is next to one of the biggest teaching hospital

[@endlessshrimptrip]

The agricultural campus is around the corner from my house Great facilities and great get there too My dogs have been bitten by snakes and have been take care of from them

[@derekcraignolan]

I feel pretty lucky. When I went there in the late 80’s it was free. Just needed a pretty good HSC mark to get in.

[@obrepemberton4553]

That price is per subject ….an Arts degree has 24 subjects, so it adds up, but still value compared to many other countries

[@AnoJanJan]

The fees vary according to the particular degree & whether it's an under graduate, post graduate etc. If someone was to enroll in Bachelor of Engineering Honours/Bachelor of Arts in 2024, the cost per year would be about $9k and it's a 5.5 year degree. This is for a domestic student. Overseas students pay substantially more and are restricted in the number of hours they can work to sustain themselves. University costs are much lower than in the USA however there was a time when a university education was free and it was a right, now it's a privilege.

[@seeshel63]

Ryan you should tell us what field you did get into; maybe we can entice you to pursue it in Australia 😊

[@terencejeffries5359]

... and all other 75 applicants had either school cert. or h.s.c.. probably why able to acquire component packs for pocket calculators, assemble, and distribute when 14 earning $40.00 an hour in 1972. taztez the lumberjack.