Download or read book From Horse and Carts to Sputniks written by Phillip J. Noonan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was born in Cobar, on 12 June 1939, and left there when I was only two weeks old. I think my mother and I went to Winbar Station where my father was breaking in brumbies for saddle stock horses, for the station hands on the property, to use for mustering. My fathers name was John Bernard Noonan (he was known as Jack), and my mothers name was Laura; her maiden name was Blacker (in her later years, my mother became known as Lorna).