Zlatko todorcevski biography of martin
Zlatko todorcevski biography of martin
Zlatko todorcevski biography of martin henderson.
From Berkeley to Boral
Born in the former Yugoslavia, Todorcevski and his parents emigrated to Wollongong in 1969 when he was just 18 months of age.
He had a typical Illawarra working-class upbringing, playing sports and enjoying the surf while coming up through Unanderra Primary and Berkeley High. The steelworks were always there in the background.
Image: Zlatko (top row middle) at Unanderra primary school
“My father worked at the steelworks from our arrival in Wollongong until he retired at 65, and my grandfather worked there too.
Everybody we knew had some kind of linkage; it had this gravitational pull,” Todorcevski recalls.
“BHP was creating so many opportunities, and a cadetship seemed a natural choice. It meant I could stay in Wollongong, working full-time and earning an income while studying part-time at UOW.
And it was fantastic because I could put the theory I was learning at university into practice at the office.
“That real-world linkage