It begins with our earliest memories of feeling safe with our families and travels with us through life—at our educational institutions, in our workplaces and in our social circles.

‘Find your reason to belong’ is our message when we’re attracting new members to our association. 

Because we know that the emotional driver of being part of a tribe is an important reason to join a membership association. 

Initially, Kieran Michael APAM, who works at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, had planned a solo ride, but when word of his plan spread, friends and family—including some current and retired nurses from Monash Health—offered to join.

During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in Melbourne in 2021, Donna Urquhart APAM was listening to a podcast in which Australian polar explorer and guide Eric Philips talked about his experiences in Antarctica. 

Aged 106 when she died in June last year, Nan Morrison remains Australia’s oldest physiotherapist. 

Nan was a great oral historian. 

In this way she preserved a record of her life, along with a rich family history that intersects some important milestones in the history of South Australia.