Lorraine Hewett interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2819875
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hewett, Lorraine, 1946-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1995
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 1 hr. 27 min.) : analog, mono.
- Series:
- Women of the land oral history project.
- Summary:
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Hewett speaks of her background, her schooling, her first job, her first encounter with sheep, her parents, starting on a farm, meeting her future husband, love of farming, breeding program with sheep and rams when the Australian Merino Society was still young, Artificial Insemination program (AI), teaching students about training rams, rams' sexual behavior, criticism from men in the industry towards a woman who is a rams' breeder, using a computer to calculate fleece and body weights, setting up two laboratories of wool testing and invaluable help received from CSIRO and the W.A. Dept. of Agriculture.
- 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 York, W.A. on Thursday 02 March 1995.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 49 leaves.)
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This belongs to the Women of the land oral history project.
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- 1995
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