Mary, Isabella Burke, Michael, Louise Burke (née Easson), and Amanda Howard (née Easson), 14 February 2020 in the Botantical Gardens, on the park bench named in honour of Afif Gabriel Geha and Margaret June “Betty” Mariani, formerly Easson.
Richard Marles, Mary Easson, Marsha Thompson, Michael Danby, Michael Easson, Senator Kimberley Kitching, outside the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, December 2019.
Michael Easson and Willow Co-Founder Dale Brett at Xmas function 6 December 2019.
Hillary Clinton, Mary & Michael Easson, just before a function at the Sydney Convention Centre, 11 May 2018.
Mary’s photo that featured in her book Keating’s and Kelty’s Super Legacy (2017).
Waiting for Mary during a tour of modern art in Munich, December 2016.
On the Spanish Steps, Rome, 2015. From Right to Left: Amanda Easson, John Harding-Easson, Louise Easson (with arms outstretched), Mary Easson, Catherine Harding, and me.
Before there was Willow Technology Corporation, there was Ridley & Co. Adam Geha, Josh Ridley, & I became partners in May 2013. Here, on 19 September 2013, we decided to ask the Lord for his blessing. Photo shows Josh Ridley & Michael Easson praying at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Photographer: Adam Geha.
Ann-Maree Smithells, Mary & I at Alice Springs airport, March 2012.
At Uluru in March 2012.
Looking a tad too serious, circa 2010.
In London in 2007.
Karyn Hemming (née Easson), Amanda Easson, Michael & Mary at NSW Government House, 1998.
Above and below, photos of a trip to Vienna, Austria, circa December 1996.
Above and below, meeting His Holiness Pope John Paul II at the Holy See, September 1995.
Michael & Mary Easson with Lindsay Tanner in mid 1995 in Spain, discussing finer points concerning the ideology of the Francoist ‘social state’.
Japanese food became one of my favourite cuisines. Photo circa 1994.
The family portrait.
A photo that appeared in the press sometime in 1993, as Mary was running for election as the Federal Member for Lowe (covering Strathfield to Drummoyne).
Mary Easson at the opening of the ‘Trust the Women’ exhibition at Parliament House in 1992, a year before her election as the Member for Lowe in the Federal parliament. Mary is looking in the direction of a photo that shows the former Speaker Joan Childs (1921-2013) entering the chamber of the House of Representatives. Photo courtesy of Auspic.
Amanda insisting that I forget the apple; she needs a cuddle!
Eating out with Mary at various functions was part of life. Below are three snaps from the late 1980s to early 1990s:
Eating out with Mary at various functions was part of life. Below are three snaps from the late 1980s to early 1990s:
Eating out with Mary at various functions was part of life. Below are three snaps from the late 1980s to early 1990s:
A photo of Michael & Mary Easson taken by a photographer with the Sydney Morning Herald for Tony Stephens’ 1989 profile.
In the Boardroom of the Labor Council of NSW; circa 1989. Michael Easson photo collection.
Speaking at a 2KY radio station function; photo collection, Unions NSW, circa 1989.
At a Labor Council function circa 1988. From Right to left, Labor Council Secretary John MacBean, ALP Senior Vice President Terry Sheahan, Labor Council Organiser Michael Costa, Helen Costa, Mary Easson (obscured), and myself.
Mary on our wedding day, 24 November 1984.
Getting married, with Bishop William (“Bill”) Murray, 24 November 1984.
Outside of St Mark’s, Drummoyne, 24 November 1984.
On the dance floor, 24 November 1984.
Reading at home in Windsor Road, Dulwich Hill, circa 1982.
Two photos taken by the Labor Council’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Officer, Norm Little, on top of the Trades Hall Building, circa 1981.
At a Labor Council function in the early 1980s. To my right was Christine Toplis. Next to her (obscured) was Paul Toplis from the Club Managers’ Association.
A gathering of the staff at the Labor Council, circa 1980. (I am second from the left, front row. At far right was John MacBean and, next to him, Barrie Unsworth.)
A photo taken by a Bulletin magazine photographer in Bob Carr’s office in August 1978. I was then working at the Labor Council of NSW.
Graduation day with dad, 1977.
Michael, mum, Maree, Grandma (Iris Iralee Murray), Shane and Karyn, circa 1972.
Absurdly, my brother and I made it to the 1B (second First Grade team) in school cricket with Sydney Technical High School. The team never won a game in 1971. In this school photo, I am on the left at the end of the middle row. Taken from the school journal.
Fourth Form (Year 10) at Marist Brothers Penshurst, 1970. I am second from the left, front row.
