Lorna Martin interviewed by Criena Fitzgerald [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5158949
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Martin, Lorna, 1910-2015, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 2 sound files (ca. 82 min.)
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Lorna Martin, born in Burbanks, Western Australia, discusses her family and early memories; travelling by horse and sulky; schooling; moving to Boulder; her father's work in the mines; descriptions of Boulder; sports and games; the end of WWI; the Kalgoorlie race riots (1934); picnics and the picture theatre; food and home deliveries; water supply; food and water storage; leaving school at 13 years of age; various employments; financial hardships; marriage; giving birth and children; dancing; coping with the summer heat; illness and caring for her husband; the Depression; women in hotels; the culture of Kalgoorlie and Boulder; WWII; women in the war; air raid shelters; her husband's and children's jobs; women in paid employment; family holidays; learning to drive; reflections on her life.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 6 April 2011 in Kalgoorlie, W.A.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 49 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Fitzgerald, Criena, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2081 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2011
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