Physical description

A spiral bound publication relating the story of the Costelloe Family of Wodonga featuring text and coloured photos.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

This autobiographical work documents the life of Jim Costelloe and his family. It follows his early life and includes information about his future wife Edna McGuire and their family. Jim discusses his working life with the railways and the Army. It includes an extensive section on the Wodonga Citizens' Band and the Wodonga Brass Band which Jim joined at 12 years of age in 1948. He was Wodonga Brass Band secretary for 37 years and was named Rural City of Wodonga Citizen of the Year for 1989.

In 2016 a small park in Wodonga was named the Jim Costelloe Park. He passed away in Wodonga in 2023.