About David Wall
David Andrew de Bérigny Wall was born in Melbourne in 1936 and educated in Sydney at Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview. After leaving school, he worked in Papua New Guinea on plantations and for the Department of Health for eighteen years. In the 1970s he returned to Sydney and qualified as a teacher librarian, subsequently working in high schools for the New South Wales Department of Education. He resides in Newtown, Sydney with his wife, Deborah. They have two grown-up children, Andrei and David Augustus. The years he lived in Papua New Guinea have left him with an abiding interest in the country and its people.
Maurice said,
January 6, 2008 at 12:18 am
You have a Pierre Teilhard de Chardin look about you; perhaps you are an excerpt from “The Phenomenon of man”.
Charles said,
January 6, 2008 at 12:56 am
To me, you look more like a roue recovering from a lifetime of excesses!
deberigny said,
January 6, 2008 at 8:20 am
I would rather be seen as something from “The Phenomenon of Man” than to be regarded in Charles’s terms. But in life we can’t have everything, and it is better to be noticed than not seen at all!
David
Alan Pretty said,
April 1, 2008 at 1:34 pm
love the blog DAVE, more pickies from the ’70s.
Alan Pretty said,
April 1, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Re. what charles wrote, (2) above, perhaps we should substitute the word “after” for the words “recovering from”! – Just kidding – take care – Alan
Anna McGibbon said,
February 6, 2009 at 1:03 am
Hi David,
Thanks for your comments about my book. Martin will put them up on the MaskiMedia website when he gets round to it. He is releasing New Guinea Patrol next week on CD-ROM which is up on the website. Includes Fragments of New Guinea – 300 or so images.
You are looking great and possibly even intelligent.
Love,
Anna
Ray & June Cornell said,
September 14, 2009 at 11:01 am
Hi Anna, John Barry told me you were writing a book. Love to read it. I wrote a small one about the early days of the Yacht Club which I have heard is is financial trouble big time Regards rc.
deberigny said,
February 6, 2009 at 4:30 am
Hi Anna,
I would like to get a copy of Martin’s CD. If he likes, send me one with an invoice.
Your last comments made my day, even if you only allow the possibility of my intelligence.
Great to hear from you; keep in touch.
Love,
Dave
john pasquarelli said,
September 9, 2009 at 6:55 am
David Wall – you’re not fooling me for one moment with that bloody beret!!! your name is almost as ‘woggy’ as mine now!~!~!
David Wall said,
September 9, 2009 at 7:27 am
Good one, John, Dave