Darryl A. Kirby
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of Alan Kirby
and Audrey Rodda
Brother of
[private brother (1950s - unknown)]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 30 May 2017
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Biography
I was born in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia on 2 June 1954 and went to Daylesford Primary School & Daylesford Technical High School. Both of my parents were from small farming families around the Daylesford area, in fact I am a fifth generation Daylesfordite.
My first job was with The National Bank of Australasia Ltd., starting in Daylesford and then transferring to Relieving staff. A promotion to Stock Exchange branch in Melbourne was followed by a move to Kew East & then Melton, Vic. branches.
After resigning from the National Bank I then joined the Forests Commission of Victoria in an administration and operational capacity and stayed with them for about 21 years.
Following on from the department I joined the Central Victorian Logging Co where I spent about 5 years until the demise of logging and forestry in the western half of Victoria.
A complete change in employment followed when I began working for Ross Bagpipe Reeds, manufacturing & exporting bagpipe bags all over the globe. Surprisingly I stuck that out for almost 10 years until I resigned & then began work at Thompsons foundry in Castlemaine until the foundry section was closed down after almost 150 years. They still assemble pumps and other items but the steel components are manufactured overseas.
In 1982 I married Rhonda Rixon and we have 2 daughters and a son who we are extremely proud of. Glenn has 2 sons & 2 daughters while Natalie's first child was born in 2016.
Rhonda & I moved to Bendigo in 2012 after living at Glenlyon near Daylesford for about 30 years.
A lot of our time is spent pursuing our grand children these days which is absolutely wonderful.== Sources ==
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