Ted Drake interviewed by Catherine Johnson in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2088802
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Drake, Ted, 1898-, 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 June 29
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 90 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born at Wagga, N.S.W., Drake speaks of his parents' background; father's employment on newspaper; his wife; being an only child; childhood memories ; homes in Wagga; mother; music interests; family life; recreation; school experiences; WWI his involvement, joining up, conscription, coming home; employment in Land Department, Wagga; work and conditions; his wife's background; lifestyle in Wagga; moving around New South Wales for his work; recreation; honeymoon; lifestyle when married; children; other employment; reading material; politics; sports; local Chinese community in Wagga, his attitudes to them; local black-tracker; river floods.
- 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-216219009
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and transcript available: 2 v. (40 p., 15 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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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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