Dorothy Beckhouse interviewed by Judy Wing in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 565338
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Beckhouse, Dorothy, 1905-, 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 Aug. 26
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 120 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection
- Summary:
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Born in Gloucester Street, in The Rocks, Sydney, Beckhouse speaks of her family background; parents' background; local community in The Rocks; childhood memories; recreation; entertainment; description of two family homes in Rocks; family life; boarders in family home; hired help in home; local families; household chores; diet; lifestyle; employment at Farmers Department store; work, conditions, the workings of lingerie department, sales and marketing; conditions during the Depression; experiences as a debutante; flappers and clothes; social life; school experiences; father's employment; 1917 strike; family births; sex education; having to move house due to building of Sydney Harbour Bridge.
- 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-216259118
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available.
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This belongs to the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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