Peter Vincent Green (named after Peter Pan), second child of Bill and Joan Green, was born in Mildura in 1945, while the family was living at the Commercial Hotel. At the age of three, trying to put washing through the ringer, put his arm into a washing machine, causing a major injury. He had a skin transplant at the Wentworth hospital. The following year they moved to a fruit block, in Curlwaa, two miles from Wentworth.

He attended the catholic primary school in Wentworth, and because he enjoyed reading and spelling, was put up a grade.

The family left Wentworth in 1954, and stayed in Geelong for a year, with Bill Green's parents. Peter attended St. Josephs Technical School, where his love of drawing began to be evident.

In 1955 the family moved to 25 Doris street Greensborough, and Wendy, Peter and Michael attended the newly built St. Marys combined church and school.

In 1960? Peter went to Marcellin, a Marist brothers college in Camberwell. This took one hour and fifteen minutes, for two train trips, to get there (and the same to get back). He repeated sixth form at Macleod High School.

He trained as a Secondary Art and Craft teacher at Prahran Technical school, purchased an MG TC sports car (which he kept for 15 years) and did an extended fourth year in gold and silversmithing at RMIT. His first years of teaching were at Robinvale High School. Many weekends were spent at the Sheehans (second cousins) in Dareton. While there, he was called up for the Vietnam war, and was a conscientious objector (on the grounds that he had been kangaroo shooting, and found it to be morally reprehensible). He then taught at Macleod High School, and while there, met Janina Perechoden, also an art teacher, whom he married in 1968?. He was seconded to the Publications branch to do layout and design for school magazines, and purchased a house, with Barry White, at 169 Drummond Street Carlton. Study leave from the Education Department allowed him to study for a Sociology Degree. Within months of getting his degreee, he got a job as a Sociology tutor and lecturer at Prahran. He went on to complete an M.A., with a thesis on Aesthetic Value.

After his marriage to Janina, they rented a small terrace house further up 756 Drummond Street. They then purchased a grand house at 66 Raleigh Street Thornbury.

Peter made several trips to Whyalla in South Australia, where, with assistance from Frank Campbell, he made a thirty minute colour documentary movie about the closure of the Whyalla shipyard. Political interests led to his involvement with the Coalition Against Poverty and Unemployment, research work on unemployed with the Metalworkers Union and community work in Broadmeadows with unemployed young people, where he made two video documentaries. This culminated in his beign arrested with a group of protesters invading the Melbourne club, to protest about unemployment and poverty.

In 1984, following an unsuccessful attempt at in vitro fertilisation, Kitty Selina was born. Janina, after many years on maternity leave, took up photography, and went on to have many successful exhibitions. She also regularly taught photography at RMIT and the College for the Arts.

After several years working at the Trade Union Unemployment Centre, Peter joined Community Technology as a computer trainer, mainly te aching graphic design on the Macintosh. When this dissolved in 1989, he set up his own business, Mac Advice, in Flinders Lane in the city. In 1995 Phillip, his brother joined him as a partner.

Kitty attended Wales street Primary School in Thornbury, and went on to Melbourne Girls School. After trying piano and violin, she took up dancing and swimming, and maintains a high standard in mathematics.