Ray Blissett interviewed by Stephen Rapley in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 646037
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Blissett, Ray, 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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- 1988 Mar. 2
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 140 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born at Bollaroo on Lake Macquarie, NSW, Blissett speaks of his childhood memories; father's employment as a bullocky; family moving to Walagam in 1912, family life; family moving around Newcastle district; family homes; memories of grandmother's home at Speers Point; parents' background; grandparents; recreation; family experiences during World War 1; living conditions; discipline ; employment; death of father in accident; memories of forests around Berry and Cambewarra Mountain; school relatives; employment in father's greengrocers in Eastwood, Sydney; scouting experiences; local community around Eastwood; parents selling business and returning to Newcastle celebrations; visit by Prince of Wales; transport; two-up games; employment in timber industry in Annangrove district, work, conditions, horse transport; joining the police force; religion; marriage; discrimination in force because wife was Catholic; courting his wife; work and experience in the police force, women in the force, conditions; experiences in riot control; timber workers strike; CIB; crime and criminals in Sydney including Tilly Devine and Kate Lee, brothels, politics; boxing and keeping fit; his career in the police force; police training; opinions of force today; drugs, crime today.
- 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.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216363690
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 3 v. (38 p., 37 p., 11 p.).
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1988
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