John Henry Lockett OAM (22 January 1891 – 25 May 2002) was the oldest man ever in Australia when he died aged 111 years, 123 days. As one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, he was acclaimed as a national hero during the last decade of his life. Lockett was born in the small Victorian town of Waanyarra, near Bendigo. He left school aged nine to work on a local farm. Later, he worked for his uncles in the Mallee. On 24 March 1916, he travelled to Mildura to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 38th Battalion, earning promotion to sergeant and was discharged on 20 September 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lockett After the war, Jack returned to The Mallee and selected a 640 acres (260 ha) block of land in Linga, Victoria, deciding to make his living as a farmer. In 1923, he married Maybell Ingwerson and they had four children together. In 1963, the couple retired to Bendigo, leaving the farmland (which now covered more than 130,000 acres (53,000 ha), in the care of their children and grandchildren. Three coloured magazines, each with 30 pages titled Our land our century 1900 - 1909, 1910 - 1919, 1920 - 1929. The magazines contain detailed articles and photographs of each decade The front page of the first one has a dark red border around a photo of a female holding a baby with - A nation is born - printed in its lower section and Part 1 is in the lower right corner. Printed at the top of the page - Our land our century 1900-1909 The front page of the second one has an off-white border around a photo of a young male with - War beckons - printed in its lower section and Part 2 is in the lower right corner. Printed at the top of the page - Our land our century 1910 - 1919 The front page of the third one has a blue border around a photo five males cutting a log of wood. At the cutting edge is printed in its lower section and Part 2 is in the lower right corner. Printed at the top of the page - Our land our century 1920 - 1929 The Weekly Times, with an image of a magpie in the middle. is printed in lower centre of each front page. Jack Lockett tells the story of his life in the three magazines with photographs him. Starting in part 1 pages 24 and 25, continuing in part 2 pages 56 and 57, and part 3 pages 88 and 89 It starts from when he was school at Wanyarra near Bendigo. Part three finishes with Jack on his farm in northwest Victoria. Next week: Jack jnr on the Depetession years. The double pages also include the stories of Charlie Coster and Joe Coster from Bairnsdale Victoria. jack lockett, mabel ingwersen, our land our centry, weekly times, charlie coster, joe coster