Christopher ParnellChristopher V.V. Parnell was born in Sydney in July 1953 and went to school in Brisbane. When he left school at 14 he became an apprentice jockey in Sydney, but he left the country in 1972 at the age of 19 for Papua New Guinea and since that time hasspent less than one year back in Australia. Now, 29 years on, Parnell lives in Victoria. Read More Read Less