Edgar Solomon interviewed by Catherine Johnson in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2088100
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Solomon, Edgar, 1908-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1987 Sept. 2
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 125 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Woollahra, Sydney, Solomon speaks of his parents' background; childhood memories; father's employment; brothers and sisters; family home in Glebe; father going to war; memories of life during WWI; entertainment; recreation; memories of Glebe community; family life; father's gambling and affect on family; employment during childhood; family meals and diet; religion; moving to a farm at Ryde; lifestyle; recreation; moving to family shop in Redfern; shop operations; school experiences; students; family values; community at Redfern; moving to Artarmon and then Willoughby; family lifestyle there; employment in clerical and sales jobs, work conditions; meeting wife; social life and entertainment; wife's background; opening his first fruit shop business; buying and selling of subsequent shops; marriage; living in Walter Burley Griffin's old home; married life at Castlecrag; working for a bus company; deciding when to have children; interest in kites; health; song writing and music.
- Notes:
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- Includes Index
- Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216269462
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 3 v. (30 p., 29 p., 3 p.).
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This belongs to the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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