Ella Stack interviewed Phyllipa Wyatt [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 90620
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Stack, E. M. (Ellen Mary), interviewer
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1976
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 180 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, mono. ; 7 in.
- Summary:
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Ella Stack, physician and Mayor of Darwin, speaks of her childhood and family background, her early days in medicine, her husband Tom Lawler and his work as an agricultural scientist in the Namoi Valley, their reasons for moving to Darwin and her subsequent return to medicine, the condition of Darwin Hospital, her general practice, her developing interest in obstetrics and gynaecology, some of her experiences as a doctor on M.V. Duntroon in 1956, her husband's involvement in developments at Humpty Doo, their children, her reasons for becoming an Alderman, the impact on her life from Cyclone Tracy, the Cyclone Tracy Trust Fund, her election as Major of Darwin, International Women's Year, Cyclone Tracy and the Darwin Reconstruction Commission.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Aug. 26, 1976.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Wyatt, Phyllipa, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2046 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1976
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