Frank Weston interviewed by Catherine Johnson in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 534354
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Weston, Frank, 1907-, 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 Feb. 17
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Sydney, Weston speaks of his family background; childhood; break up of parents' marriage; family; memories of life and living in Sydney; school; wagging school; his mother, raising children on her own, lifestyle in community homes; selling papers; being placed in Westmead boys home by mother; being classed as "a naughty boy"; conditions, life and work, education, in home; running away; employment; moving out of home; his lifestyle; social life; marriage and family; break-up of marriage; his ethics and values; church and religion; Sydney community and people during 1920s.
- 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-216161858
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and transcript (26 p.) available.
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This belongs to the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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