Ethel Brunton Gibb interviewed by Catherine Johnson in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2103443
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Gibb, Ethel Brunton, 1902-, 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 Oct. 28
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 1 0 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection
- Summary:
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Born in Surrey Hills, Sydney, Gibb speaks of her parents' background; father's employment overseas; grandmother's family setting up a laundry business; life with extended family in Ashfield; family home, recreation and entertainment; family values; school memories; maids in family home; childhood games; mother and herself travelling to U.S. to be with father; meeting her father for the first time; lifestyle and education in U.S.; parents' relationship; death of father; returning to Australia; life in Drummoyne; involvement with the Church; World War I; discrimination and racism during war; involvement with the theatre; meeting husband; husband's family; husband's involvement in World War I; her and her husband's work in radio; her typing business prior to marriage; work, conditions; working with husband in the theatre; flu epidemic 1919; wedding; new home; transport; her children; social life and recreation; the Depression.
- 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-216301063
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available : 3 v. (31 p., 30 p., 16 p.).
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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- Unpublished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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