Doris Bloor interviewed by Paula Hamilton in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 565460
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bloor, Doris, 1904-, 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 Five Dock, Sydney, Bloor speaks of her brothers and sisters; family life; family roles and relationships; her mother; recreation; experiences working as a domestic; childhood outings around Sydney; local abattoir; school experiences; memories of World War I; local community; family moving to Dee Why district; mother's background; father's attitude to his family; being badly burnt in a Christmas fire/accident; employment in Dee Why post office; local community; the pneumonic flu; her work as a domestic servant, conditions, lifestyle, employers, homes, recreation; social life; meeting husband; husbands employment; courtship; marriage; birth of her children; camping on Georges River to save money when husband lost his job; life with family on the dole; death of small daughter; politics of the Depression and affect on family; raising her children; medical insurance.
- 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-216289558
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 2 v. (49 p., 33 p.).
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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- Unpublished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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