Pauline Barbara Endacott (continued)
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Pauline and Dan's first home was an apartment in an historic building, Norfolk House (c.1831),
which is located at 467 Church St., North Parramatta, near Albert Street, and was at that time owned by Dan's father.
Within a year, they built a home in Bourke Street, North Parramatta, but within a further couple of years, decided to move to a ten-acre (approx 4½ hectares) farmlet in President Road, at Kellyville, fifteen kilometres from Parramatta towards Windsor. While the property was officially described as being at the corner of President and York Roads, the house was built on the hill, with views to the Blue Mountains. The property was named Merrie Hill and became the family home, being sold in 1988 after the children had all moved from home. At that time, as development was encroaching on their property, the views of the Blue Mountains almost completely blocked, Pauline and Dan moved. In 21st century maps, the location of Merrie Hill is now Trinity and Woodside Avenues. The house was located almost at the site of the higher of the two two intersections of these two streets (i.e. closer to where Trinity Avenue meets President Road). Pauline and Dan's last home was in a bushland setting in Fulton Place, Kellyville (backing onto Cattai Creek).
Pauline and her four eldest children with the family's old 1937 Chevrolet car
with NSW number plates "CV 169" (the car had been purchased new in 1938 by Dan's father).
The photograph also shows the north-western aspect of the family home in approximately late 1956.
The tree in the background was on the far side of President Road.
Pauline with four eldest children
on an outing at Circular Quay, Sydney. c.1960
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A note written to Pauline by her grandmother
Euphemia Dunne (nee Eddy),
and called "Recipe for Young Australians"
Pauline was mother of five children
- Michael
- Peter
- Robert
- Margaret
- Catherine
Pauline and Dan's youngest child, Catherine.
Photographed at rear of Merrie Hill home.
One day a hot air balloon landed in the back yard!. A chance to get an aerial view of the rear of the family home, Merrie Hill, at Kellyville.
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Pauline enjoyed teaching Scripture classes in local schools and did so for many years. The date of this photograph is written on the blackboard.
Pauline
Pauline enjoyed friendship with a number of resiedents in the Kellyville area, and enjoyed periodic lunches together.
In this photograph second from left is Lena Buda while next to Pauline is her good friend Annie Dunne.
Boxing Day 1988 was the day Dan and Pauline
moved from the Merrie Hill property in
President Road, Kellyville, to their new home at
5 Fulton Place, Kellyville.
The small rock pool was always known as "Laura's Pool",
named for their grand-daughter Laura, who particularly loved playing there.
Pauline with her sisters, Barbara and Margaret, her brother Peter,
and their mother Adelaide. Taken on Adelaide's 87th birthday,
28 September 1991.
Pauline enjoyed overseas travel. In 1974 she went on a two-month world trip with her daughter Margaret. In later years, Pauline enjoyed a number of holidays to England, Italy, Malta and Turkey. The photograph on the right was taken at one of the many basilicas in Rome (possibly St John Outside the Wall). With Pauline is Fr Leonard Testa, who had at one time been the parish priest at Kellyville parish, and who was stationed in Italy at the time of this photograph in October 1989. On this particular holiday, her son Michael joined her for one week in Italy and was the photographer on this occasion.
Following the death of her husband Dan in July 1992, Pauline's own health suffered a little. She managed to live a full life, helping with the care of her mother and enjoying a further overseas holiday.
In July 1995, Pauline was diagnosed as suffering from mesothelioma (a cancer of the outer lining of the lungs, commonly associated with asbestos-related industries, and more recently with the Salk anti-polio vaccine). In the photograph above, Pauline is seen with her youngest child, Catherine. This photograph was taken soon after Pauline's final illness was diagnosed. She showed a brave face.
Pauline suffered for a year. Mesiothelioma is a particularly aggressive and painful cancer. During her illness, the most difficult thing for Pauline was that she would not live to see her nineteen grandchildren grow and develop their own lives, careers and families. She expressed great sadness at leaving her grandchildren.
After painful and difficult months, Pauline died on 19 August 1996 in Westmead Hospital (Sydney). Her ashes were placed in the garden where a memorial plaque is located at site No. 27B Crossgrove Rockgarden No. 1, in the Castlebrook Cemetery at Kellyville, next to the commemorative plaque for her late husband.
