Jean Sharp grew up in working class Mayfield, Newcastle, NSW, in the shadow of the BHP steelworks.
Jean recalls in remarkable detail the big and small events of 20th century life: school during World War I, the growth of Mayfield and Newcastle, domestic and social life, work as a midwife in the slums of Sydney, life in the country towns of Warialda and Moree, World War II, and a rocky marriage bringing up.
Her life spanned the steelworks\' very beginnings to nearly its closure in 1999.
Jean Sharp grew up in working class Mayfield, Newcastle, NSW, in the shadow of the BHP steelworks