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Sara Powter Mrs
Author Bio:
Sara Powter worked with her mother, Sheila Hunter researching their family history. They discovered many wonderful Australian Colonial stories from the four Convicts they found in their tree through this research. Sheila thought the stories were too good to forget, so she penned an Australian Colonial Trilogy, which Sara had printed after Sheila’s death in 2002.
Sara now continues the retelling from the convict’s side of history. Weaving fact with fiction tells of the amazing and intrepid souls who worked together to make our wonderful country the fabulous place it is today; the convicts turned adversity to advantage! Stolen from their loved ones in England, they worked and were rewarded with ‘Tickets Of Leave’, each becoming some of Parramatta’s and Emu Plains’ leading citizens. Like many untold convict stories, there was often faith behind them. Their strong Christian Faith was taught to each generation.
She writes, “Over 200 years have passed since the first arrival of our family on this beautiful but rugged shore. Each day I come to love it more. Lee Kernaghan’s song “The Odyssey” sums it up! This country’s got a hold on me! I will never regret that they came as convicts! I’m proud of that!” They were ripped from their parent’s and children’s loving arms, never returning; most were sent for very petty crimes. It made them strong and resilient and determined to do the best they could for their family!
The retelling of Charles and Sal’s story mirrors John Ellison’s and Sarah Watkins’s story. They were my GG Grandparents, along with Joseph Huff and Amelia Harlow. They regularly attended St John’s church in Parramatta. Without their faith and example of Christian love, their children and grandchildren may have followed different paths.
Sara is married to Stephen Powter. They have two grown children. Stephen, an Anglican Minister, is recently retired. She loves to fish and he to surf, so you may well see them travelling up and down the Pacific Coast of the Eastern States of Australia in an old caravan with rods and surfboards under their 50-year-old tinny! They live on the Central Coast of NSW in Australia.
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