Yvonne Armstrong interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2782830
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Armstrong, Yvonne, 1939-2018, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1995
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 27 min.) : analog, mono.
- Series:
- Women of the land oral history project.
- Summary:
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Armstrong, a farmer, speaks of her upbringing, her job in Sydney as a nurse, the fruit farm she manages with her husband, the Orange Export Co-operative, the exportation of fruits to South-East Asia, improvement of the fruits to satisfy an international market using more modern technology, the Integrated Pest Management programs, the Apple and Pear Corporation, her striving for equality between the sexes, her husband's involvement in industry groups and the cycle of harvesting of the various fruits she owns.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of 33 interviews with rural women for the book "Women of the land".
- Project conducted in association with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
- Has accompanying photograph.
- Recorded at Nashdale, New South Wales on Wednesday 22 March 1995.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 13 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Armstrong, Yvonne, 1939-2018 -- Interviews
- Orange Export Co-operative
- Integrated Pest Management (Program)
- Australian Apple and Pear Corporation
- Rural women -- Australia -- Interviews
- Rural women -- Australia -- Social conditions
- Fruit-culture -- New South Wales
- Nashdale (N.S.W.) -- Biography
- Australia -- Commerce -- Southeast Asia
- Other authors/contributors:
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This belongs to the Women of the land oral history project.
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- Until 2065 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1995
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