'Jeane Upjohn was born 1921. She recalls her parent's background; father's storytelling, banjo playing and singing; going for a joyflight with Charles Kingsford-Smith; games played at school; the first wave of women's liberation; the outbreak of World War II; joining the WAAAF in 1941( Womens Australian Auxillary Air Force ) reaching the rank of sergeant; being transferred to Laverton Base working in Air Force stores; that her husband flew the Chiefs of Staff around Australia; joining East West Airlines after the war, becoming their first hostess; stories about 'special' flights with dignitaries; becoming a widow when she was 35 years of age. Upjohn recalls her job as a company secretary; opoening a coffee shop in Tamworth, N.S.W.; studying journalism at university through distance education; her job in Coffs Harbour as a journalist; moving to Texas, Qld. She speaks about her life as an author; researching & publishing her book They Came to Thunderbolt Country; writing children's stories; her writing methods; her interest in local history.' Source: Libraries Australia (Sighted 29/05/2008).
