Ethel Punshon interviewed by Gwenda Davey for the Oral history of childhood project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1321954
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Punshon, Ethel, 1882-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1988
- 2 tape reels (ca. 59 min.) : analog : 7 1/2 ips, full track mono ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Oral history of childhood project.
- Summary:
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Ethel "Monte" Punshon speaks of living in Ballarat; the dangers of fire and the joy when electricity came; Miss Carr's school, childhood activites such as learning to stand in a barrel, and games at school, her main playmate Uncle Charlie, characters in Ballarat; the poem 'My puss is very ill indeed' ' the death of Queen Victoria; the church as the centre of everything; her pony; working for her father; moving to St Kilda at age 6; becoming a pupil teacher, Sunday school picnics, clothing; wish to be an actress; opinion of childhood today; memories of local boilermakers leaving work.
- Notes:
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- Recorded by Gwenda Davey as a research project focussing on childhood in Australia.
- Recorded on Jan. 11, 1988.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Time-coded summary and time-coded transcript available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Davey, Gwenda, 1932-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Oral history of childhood project.
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1988
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