Richard Fidler

How?

Well, the four years being a farmer when he was so well-known and could have been such an asset to the church.

And I guess, you know, just because you come crawling back to the archbishop doesn't mean there's a plum vacancy somewhere in Melbourne for you.

Massive.

He's working in quiet country parishes, first at Romsey and then at Lara.

He fires up on Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.

He gets some luminaries in for his services, Lord Milne,

Thomas Macefield, famous writer.

So, you know, he's still trying things, but he's actually devoting his energies to raising his children in a very happy home and making sure they get the best education they can.

Diminished?

Certainly diminished in the eyes of his children.

But I think his self-esteem was still robust.

He saw himself as doing something that was of value, not making himself big and famous, but making sure his kids got a good grounding in life.

And he has these little attempts to try to do something for himself.

For instance, he tries becoming an author.

I think it's another get-rich-quick scheme to get out of his financial problems.

He becomes a teacher at Geelong Grammar, and he's an outstanding teacher.

He gets a teaching qualification.

And he's extremely popular with the boys who, some of them mentioned to his sons that they never had a better teacher.

But these careers don't blossom and he continues in the clergy.