Bernie Johnston interviewed by Catherine Johnson in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 565794
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Johnston, Bernie, 1908-, 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. 25
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 130 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Sydney, Johnston speaks of his background; being raised by an elderly couple; his natural mother; childhood memories; lifestyle; family homes in Chinatown and later Surry Hills; boarders; local Chinese community; foster-sister; social life; school; memories of his foster parents; recreation; experiences with Salvation Army; swimming; movies; Sunday School outings; school; childhood games; meals and diet; leaving school; rats and hygiene; memories of World War I; his attitude to war, experiences of soldiers he knew; 1917 general strike; employment as a messenger boy, work and conditions, lifestyle, night school; work as an apprentice letter press machinist, work, conditions; meeting wife, courtship; dancing; social life; entertainment; reading material; wedding; relatives; life during the Depression; married life; employment at W.C. Penfolds as a printer, work and conditions; religion; contraceptions; birth of children; homosexuality; travel.
- 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-216268371
- 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- Unpublished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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