Contents

• Joe's History in
  1. Hotel Management(Ten Years Behind Bars)
  2. Hospitality Training
  3. Mathematics Teaching
• Joe's Mathematical Family Tree from The Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Caught in the Net
• Pictures of Lily
• 2 photos of a murder taken from my bedroom window in Ballarat.
• Your Comments (Send Joe an insulting email)

They gathered 'round the Tavern Bar...

In 1981 i moved to the Strathfield Hotel and managed it until 1983. Strathfield is somewhat removed from the CBD in Sydney and is an affluent, inner western suburb. The hotel itself is directly opposite Strathfield railway station which is a major change station comprising 8 platforms, hence the 'nickname' of the hotel 'Platform 9' (although given the way the platforms are numbered i believe the hotel should be 'Platform 0'). The Strathfield Hotel is a large concern belonging to the Whelan family. It consists of 4 bars, bottle shop in addition to a 'drive-in' bottle shop and a cafeteria style restaurant. 42 rooms were available for budget to medium range and entertainment was provided 2 to 3 nights each week.

In 1983 the third phase of my hotel managerial life began when i took on responsibility of the Victoria Hotel in Orange NSW. Orange is a city of about 35,000 situated on the tablelands about 250km west of Sydney. The Victoria Hotel is the oldest licence in Orange and had been in my family since 1925 when my grandfather moved to Orange after many years as licensee of the Goolma Hotel. The 'Vic' was at that stage a 2 bar "working class" hotel with the main attraction being a fiercely loyal established core of `regulars'. If ever the Australian spirit of mateship and camaraderie were personified, it was represented by the patrons of my home.

In 1986 i left Orange to begin a degree at the University of Wollongong and in 1987 my father sold the hotel (not without some tears from the whole family) and he and my mother retired to live out their days in Orange.

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Hospitality Training

Principles of Bar Tending in conjunction with the Orange Community Training and Education Centre (O.C.T.E.C.)and the Community Youth Support Scheme (C.Y.S.S.)
Professional Waiter and Liquor Service Course in conjunction with OCTECand Skillshare. In both courses it was my responsibility to:

• Initiate and design the course,
• Prepare course notes,
• Compile submissions and course assessments,
• Deliver lectures,
• Enlist guest lecturers,
• Supervise field trips,
• Encourage industry input,
• Organise work experience,
• Chair course participant selection committee,
• Work with disadvantaged groups.

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Mathematics Education

Lecture and tutor courses at University of Wollongong, University of New England, University of Newcastle; including

• Logic,
• Algebra,
• Statistics,
• Biostatistics,
• Data Analysis,
• Graph Theory,
• Linear Algebra,
• Boolean Algebra,
• Numerical Analysis,
• Pascal Programming,
• Operations Research,
• Real and Complex Analysis,
• Integral and Differential Calculus,
• Discrete Algorithmic Mathematics,
• Differential Equations (ODEs & PDEs),

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Caught in the Net

I used to be with it once.
Then they changed what 'it' was.
Now what I'm with isn't 'it' any more,
and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me.
... And it'll happen to you.

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Send Joe an insulting email (but make it classy).
Nothing like old Bard S. for a good put-down.

Combine one word from each of the three columns below, prefaced with ``Thou'':

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