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Record Id:6730686 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
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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Libraries that have this item:National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) (1321977) ORAL TRC 2295/4

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