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Record Id:10162210 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
Author:Rowley, Ethel.
Title:[Folkloric recording: Interview with Ethel Rowley, former school teacher at Ecklin South] [sound recording] / [Interviewer: Helen O'Shea].
Published:1989.
Description:3 tape reels (ca. 96 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Playing Time:013600
Series:Helen O'Shea's oral history project
Summary:Mrs Rowley speaks about teaching at Ecklin from 1918; maintaining discipline; local dairy farms; local post office; migrants in area; school concerts; children's games and activities; school routine; inter-religious relations; local politics; Aborigines in area.
Notes:Working duplicate and cassette copies made.
Part of a collection of recordings made by Helen O'Shea in the township of Ecklin South, Victoria in 1989 and 1990. The recordings aim to reveal the social fabric of life in a small rural community between 1900 and 1988.
Recorded at Port Fairy, Vic. on 2 March 1989.
Subjects:Rowley, Ethel -- Interviews.
Schools -- Victoria -- History.
Retired teachers -- Victoria -- Interviews.
Education -- Victoria -- History.
Country life -- Victoria -- Ecklin South.
Games -- Victoria.
Ecklin South (Vic.) -- History.
Other Authors:O'Shea, Helen.
Access Conditions:Access open for research use; written permission required for public use during lifetime of collector.
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Libraries that have this item:National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) (1281006) ORAL TRC 2439/4

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