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Record Id:10333549 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
Author:McKinnon, Damien.
Title:[Folkloric recording: Damien McKinnon speaks about his early life around Ecklin] [sound recording] / [Interviewer: Helen O'Shea].
Published:1989.
Description:4 tape reels (ca. 125 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 7 in.
Playing Time:020500
Series:Helen O'Shea's oral history project
Summary:McKinnon speaks about attending Ecklin School in late 1960s and early 1970s; after-school activities; local social life; the McKinnon family; role of religion in the McKinnon family; the Ecklin community; his feelings towards the Catholic Church and religion; his future; rural attitudes towards single people; the future of Ecklin; the m̀udman'; bucks parties; and the effects of the Ash Wednesday bushfires upon his family and the Ecklin community.
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 Warrnambool, Vic. on 15 August 1989.
Subjects:McKinnon, Damien -- Interviews.
Country life -- Victoria -- Ecklin South.
Folklore -- Victoria -- Ecklin South.
Ash Wednesday bushfires, 1983.
Ecklin South (Vic.) -- History.
Ecklin South (Vic.) -- Social life and customs.
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) ORAL TRC 2439/35

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