| Name: |
David Lloyd (my father's name was Lloyd) Jones |
| Birthday: |
7 January |
| Family: |
Divorced. Kids = Daniel (17), Elizabeth (16), Josh (14), Sarah (12), Andrew (10), Michael (8), Erina (6), Liam (4)
Yep, you counted 'em right
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| Living In: |
Canberra since 1988 |
| Football Team: |
Collingwood - then, now and always |
| Year 12 Subjects: |
English, English Lit, Maths, Politics, something else - must have been good! |
| Year 12 Ambition: |
Ambition? D'oh! |
| Person I'd have most liked to meet in Year 12: |
Bob Dylan |
| Person I'd most like to meet now: |
Bob Dylan |
| Significant memory of Year 12: |
Climbing out of Matthew Leggett's pool with half a beer glass embedded in my right hand two days BEFORE HSC exams started! |
| Current job: |
Project Manager for Australian Federal Police |
| How does this mesh with Year 12 ambition |
Can't believe I sold out "the cause", whatever that was. |
| What's happened since Year 12: |
Went to Monash Uni 1980-1982 and postgrad study in 1987. Studied Philosophy, Psychology, Politics. Intended to become a Buddhist but instead became a born-again Christian! Got a job as a Counsellor, which I did for five years. Got married in '83 to a co-worker. Lasted 19 years and eight kids.
Joined the Public Service in 1988. Worked in a few Departments, including a long stint in the Prime Minister's Dept, working for Hawke, Keating and during a short second stint there, Howard. Managed VIP Transport for the Sydney Olympics, which was way cool even though I didn't hook up with any Princesses, then the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Queensland a couple of years ago. Helped lock up refugees during a stint in Immigration then scored a great job with the Federal Police.
Along the way I dropped out of involvement with the organised church, got divorced, joined a bluegrass band (as you do) called Jimmy Boag and the Strongarms - I played guitars, mandolin & sometimes banjo - and for a while was a pretty hot trap shooter - claim to fame: I once beat a guy who had beaten Michael Diamond.
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| Anything else you want to tell us? |
"People are crazy, times are strange, I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range. I used to care ... but things have changed". Bob Dylan
Cheers y'all
David Jones |
