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Record Id:
6730686 (Australian Library Collections)
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Author:
Matthews, Daphne.
Title:
[Interview with Daphne Matthews] [sound recording] / [Interviewer : Gwenda Davey].
Published:
1988.
Description:
3 tape reels (ca.90 min.) : analog : 7 1/2 ips, full track mono ; 7 in.
Playing Time:
013000
Series:
Oral history of childhood project
Summary:
Matthews who is 71, speaks of family life as an only child in South Yarra with her parents and grandparents; horse and jinker transport; memories of having teeth and tonsils extracted; playing near the Yarra River; clothes; playing with dolls; her first day at school and memories of school; the Depression; her first employment in a knitting mill at 14 years of age; the family's first car and memories of car trips; family holidays; dancing; family canvassing for political elections; life at home.
Notes:
Transcript unavailable.
Mrs Matthews is the 2nd generation of the 4 generations (Apple, Matthews, 2 x McNeil) interviewed for the project.
Recorded by Gwenda Davey as a research project focussing on childhood in Australia.
Recorded on Feb. 21, 1988.
User access copy made.
Subjects:
Matthews, Daphne -- Interviews.
Children -- Victoria -- Social life and customs.
Melbourne (Vic.) -- Social conditions -- 1901-1945.
Other Authors:
Davey, Gwenda, 1932-
Access Conditions:
Open access.
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(1321977) ORAL TRC 2295/4
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