Thomas Rehbach has been a preschool educator, an
administrator, a respite carer, a teacher, a courier, a soccer coach and
referee. He’s lived in the area long enough to see kids he’s taught now becoming
parents and teachers themselves.
Tom was born in Australia to German parents and grew up in
Rosehill. At age 9, Tom and his brother went to live at Dunmore House, a boys’
home in Pendle Hill.
“We got into enough trouble that we had a choice to go to
one of two boys homes,” Tom says. It’s a time he remembers favourably, being
part of a large family unit with children of all ages. “I think that was the
best thing that ever happened to us. I don’t hold any animosity towards my mum for
making that choice.”
