The people in the photo which was taken at my fathers funeral 1/10/99 are:

Back from left to right Neville Hughes, Val Male nee Read, Selwyn Male, Pauline Wilkins nee Male Jamie Male, Ann Male nee Godfrey, Quentin Male, David Male.

Front from left to right Trevor Hughes, Christine McIllwain nee Male, Lousia Male, Pearl Hughes, Maureen Hughes, (in front) Margaret Male nee Landy (my wife, standing behind Maureen), Vivian nee Hughes and Arthur Stevens

The relationships are: Pearl Hughes was married to Garfield Hughes (died 1996), Garfield was Louisa Male’s brother, and lived at Myra, Tara. Neville, Trevor, Maureen and Vivian are Pearl and Garfields children. Neville and Trevor own and operate sheep farms at Tara.

Maureen, Vivian and Pearl live in Hervey Bay, Queensland, the sisters are nurses.

Jamie is my son from my first marriage to Deborah Rabjones.

My sister Pauline lives in Buderim with her partner Trevor, an electrician.

My sister Christine manages a Motel in Darwin, the Northern Territory

The following files are copies of books that my Aunt, Frances Hughes has written. I have scanned the pages and pictures to reproduce the works as best as possible, however the quality of the photographs are very poor as they are photocopies of photocopies.

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MALE FAMILY HOLDS RECORD

FOR CONTINUOUS ATTENDANCE

There has been a descendant of Mrs E. Male and the late Mr. F. Male, who were among the early settlers, attending Tara State School for 53 years. Their eldest son, George, started school at the age of seven years in the first school building, still used and since enlarged. He boarded first with Mr. Kinlon, and later with our first teacher, Mrs. C. Kennedy, who then lived at and owned "Kinnoul," where Mr. and Mrs. J. H. I. Travers now live. Later, George's sisters, Eloise and Fran, and brothers Robert, Lindorff and Adrian, attended school here. The year the youngest son, Adrian, left Tara State School to go to the Toowoomba Grammar School, George's eldest son Terence (deceased at 15 years) commenced school, and was followed by his sisters and brothers Selwyn, Pauline, Quentin, Christine and David. Lindorff's children, Bevan, Michael and Susan, and Adrian's children Lyndee-Lou, Iyana, Wendy-Jane, Kylie and Zane, either have attended or are attending, and next year, Selwyn's eldest daughter will begin school. There are younger Males to follow, so it looks as if this record will not stop at 53 years.

Taken from the Tara State School Diamond Jubilee Year Book published in 1972