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who particularly enjoys working to address and maintain the reduction or elimination of chronic pain and inflammation, improving mobility and posture, when all other approaches have otherwise ceased to give a solution.
Fascial Dynamic Bowen Therapy
Working with Trigger Points, Acupuncture sites, Fascial Meridians and the latest research in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Bowen Therapy has a positive effect on muscles, nerves, joints, organ systems and other organic complaints. A treatment can include designated wait times between moves giving the body opportunity to promote homeostasis of the body tissues and systems.
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Distinguished and Famous people from Sale
📚 Mary Grant Bruce
Mary Grant Bruce, author of the Billabong books, was born near Sale in 1878 and attended Miss Estelle Beausire's school in the town. Her literary ambitions began early: at seven she attempted an epic about a deranged Russian ruler, rather more ambitious homework than most children undertake. She later won a Shakespeare Society essay competition and worked in Melbourne journalism. A Little Bush Maid, published in 1910, began the Billabong series that made her name. The books' pastoral adventures won generations of readers, although their imperial outlook and racial attitudes also belong to an era that deserves critical reading.
🗳️ Darren Chester
Darren Chester was born in Sale in 1967 and worked as a newspaper and television journalist before entering politics. He won the federal seat of Gippsland at the 2008 by-election following Peter McGauran's resignation. His ministerial responsibilities subsequently included infrastructure and transport, veterans' affairs and defence personnel. His career moved from reporting on public affairs to taking responsibility for them, with regional transport and services among the practical concerns attached to representing this large electorate.
🌏 William Douglass Forsyth
William Douglass Forsyth taught at Sale High School in 1933–34 while also tutoring a University of Melbourne extension course. Historical scholarship and an interest in international affairs soon took him beyond school teaching, first into research and later diplomacy. He helped establish the South Pacific Commission, served as its secretary-general and represented Australia at the United Nations. His writing included studies of convict administration, population and migration. Sale’s connection is a definite teaching appointment, before the overseas postings. It gives the international career a recognisable classroom chapter, when communicating ideas formed part of his daily work close to home.
⛪ Pat Wood
Pat Wood came to Sale Presbyterian Church in 1942 and served as a respected part-time chaplain at the RAAF station at East Sale from 1943 to 1949. His interest in cooperation between churches developed during these years, and he attended international church meetings in 1948. Later he became a senior Presbyterian leader and helped oversee the movement of most Presbyterian congregations into the Uniting Church. Sale’s connection combines parish work with service to air-force personnel, placing the district within the working life of a minister whose responsibilities eventually extended to national and international church affairs.
