Vivienne Sawyer interviewed by Rob Willis in the Voices of the bush oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5733700
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Sawyer, Vivienne, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 4 sound files (ca. 171 min.)
- Series:
- Voices of the bush oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Vivienne Sawyer is a lifelong resident of the Illawarra region of N.S.W., born into a family of miners and steelworkers with a strong union background. She talks about her childhood; the early days, cooking and ironing methods; home remedies; her mother, Vina Oehm; Zig Zag railway; bath time; food deliveries; her schooling. She recites poetry and talks about yarn telling techniques.
- Partial contents:
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- Stories: Story about her father delivering wages to sick workmates
- Story about Tin Can McKay who sold pots, pans and kettles
- Story about the pie cart and buying the best ever pies
- Story about her mother making up a poem about her. Recitation: McNamara's Store. Story about her mother's performances for fund raising
- Story about not doing her homework and the excuse she gave the nun. Recitations: Back in the naughty nineties (fragment)
- Fun with sentences (mother's poem)
- Circle
- Self
- Bugsy beetle
- Blowing in the wind
- Far flung romance. Story from school days about fixing the cross
- Story about buying a cheap postage stamp
- Story about not eating meat on Fridays. Recitation: unidentified poem
- schoolyard poem (fragment)
- A doggie stole a chicken
- unidentified poem (fragment) Story about living in a shed
- Story about condoms in Lake Cargellico. Recitation: A risque limerick
- limericks
- The leadership (poem) Story about learning building trades to help in building her house. Contents of a concert given by Sawyer - Woolly yarns and whimsies (2002)
- Notes:
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- Summary accompanied by photograph.
- Recorded on 6 August 2011 in Albion Park, N.S.W.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Voices of the bush oral history project.
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- 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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