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Monday, July 14, 2008

World's oldest blogger makes final post

Olive had posted more than 70 entries on her blog, or as she jokingly labelled it, her "blob", since February last year.
The ardent Sydney Swans AFL fan shared her day-to-day musings and her life's experiences raising three children on her own, living through two world wars and the Depression, her work as a station cook in rural Queensland and as an egg sorter and barmaid in Sydney.
In her final post, dated June 26, an increasingly frail Olive noted she couldn't "shake off that bad cough".
She also: "read a whole swag of email messages and comments from my internet friends today, and I was so pleased to hear from you. Thank you, one and all."
Olive's musing live on at http://www.allaboutolive.com.au and more recently at http://worldsoldestblogger.blogspot.com.
She was born in 1899, and would have turned 109 on October 20.
"She enjoyed the notoriety - it kept her mind fresh," Mr Stone said.
"What kept her going was the memories she had, and being able to recall those memories so strongly."
Olive's funeral will be held at Palmdale Cemetery, on the NSW Central Coast, late this week.oast, late this week.

6 comments:

Renegade Eye said...

RIP

Her blog was a real accomplishment.

B said...

Wow,this is the first time I've heard about her. What an amazing woman. I have found my role model.

R.I.P. Olive

a very public sociologist said...

Whole we're talking RIP ... I hope this blog hasn't gone the same way!

Renegade Eye said...

SINGAPORE! Wow.

Human said...

Hi Steve. Hope all is well. Never heard of Olive before. I'll check her out thanks.
Peace.

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