Fred Purcell interviewed by Edward Stokes in the Broken Hill social history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 650368
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Purcell, Fred, 1897-, 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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- 1982 Mar. 4 - July 3
- 5 cassettes (ca. 265 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Broken Hill social history project.
- Summary:
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Purcell speaks of his personal background; parents and family life in Broken Hill district; working with bullocks; dairying in Broken Hill and Silverton; community at Silverton; working on outback stations; social life in Broken Hill, community life; wife and children; experiences as a miner, mining operations, mines, accidents; his attitudes to life today, his lifestyle; horse racing and horses in the district. Fred's wife Edith speaks briefly of station people socialising in Broken Hill at the end of tape 17a.
- Notes:
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- Partially transcribed.
- Recorded for, United we stand: impresssions of Broken Hill 1908-1910 by Edward Stokes.
- Recorded at Broken Hill, New South Wales between March 4 and July 3, 1982.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-222794212
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (11 p.)
- Subject:
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- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Broken Hill social history project.
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- Until 2052 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1982
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