Margaret Helen Meyer interviewed by Gordon Dowell in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 372342
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Meyer, Margaret, 1945-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2000
- 2 digital audio tapes (61 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Meyer was employed as a cottage mother at a Lutheran children's home in Box Hill, Vic. from 1975 to 1980. Some of the children were Indigenous and she outlines the backgrounds of these children. She also talks about the living conditions of the home and the adult lives of some of the children.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Apr. 19, 2000 at Lilydale, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 25 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Meyer, Margaret, 1945- -- Interviews
- Child care workers -- Victoria -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Child welfare
- Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Removal
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Victoria -- Box Hill
- Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Victoria
- Occupation:
- Cottage parents
- Other authors/contributors:
- Dowell, Gordon Charles, 1945-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Until 2070 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2000
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