ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I want to thank my Mum, Sukey Field, Canadian Senator Bill Rompkey, Scott and Rita Coish, Claude Rumbolt, Sue Munro, Margaret Burden, Eldrid Penny, Elaine Furlong, Tom Littler, Jennifer my wife and Alan, Robert, Matthew and Jade my family for the support they have given me. Although there are too many names to mention I would also like to thank everybody else who has encouraged me to write this manuscript.