Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves in Two Generations
I now have a new website covering this book at gerardleahy.net
Below is the proposed cover of the new book I am working on. If you wish to find out more about the book, send an email to gerardjleahy@bigpond.com 
One of the photos in the new book is the family’s 1925 Vauxhall 30-98 OE221 behind the 1949…..
This is a mob of the type of Shorthorn cattle J. J. Leahy liked to breed and have ready to market.
He had been running cattle from his earliest days but, apart from dealing, wool growing had been his biggest enterprise in the ninety twenties to the extent of being the biggest wool grower in the country. But…..
Shorthorn bullocks on J. J. Leahy’s property “Manna Park” in central western NSW.
A report in the Townsville Daily Bulletin 6 March 1947. (National Library of Australia Trove website.)
This is the second year the school’s team, above, has won this competition on 4 September 2017 with my grand son Edward Dudley, below, again playing in the team.
Mount Isa Mines is one of the most productive single mines in world history of lead, silver, copper and zinc. While working on Oban in 1951 I made many trips into Mt Isa to pick up supplies. The Leichhardt River divided the city into areas known as “mineside” with services and accommodation connected with the mine and “townside” with the main business…..
In September 1950 my father J.J.Leahy bought Oban Station 60 miles south-west of Mt Isa, from T.A.Fields Queensland Estates. It had an area of 1016 square miles and was bought with 8,000 cattle and 23,000 sheep. Shortly after it was bought a new Land Rover was bought and driven from Sydney to Oban by my brother Paul and myself. 
Bill and Tony…..
Kathleen Kenny and Gerard Leahy married on 21 June 1952.
The start of a day’s dialysis at home.
Kathleen Kenny was born in 1928 and I came along in 1930. My first 20 years medically were pretty uneventful. Our…..
Prof Steve Chadban, Statewide Director Renal Services.
Program 
Certificates similar to the one below were available to all kidney donors during the year and were presented to those present. 
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The Meriden School was taken over by the Federal Government, I think, for an Air Force Headquarters during the Second World War. The Government requestioned Welbeck, our home, and made it available to Meriden who used it for their borders. The rails and steps in this photo were erected by the school. The flat area where the girls are standing was originally…..