Maurice Crawford-Raby interviewed by Rob Willis in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4972242
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Crawford-Raby, Maurice, 1942-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2010
- 2 sound files (134 min.)
- Series:
- Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Maurice Crawford-Raby born in 1942 speaks about his parents; being at St. Vincents Home in Feltham from age of four years; sleeping accommodation and the dining area; his memories; leaving the Home at age of nine years; discipline at the Home; Sister Teresa; Christmas celebrations; no acknowledgement of birthdays; treatment of bed wetters; meals at the Home; his schooling at St.Michaels and St.Martins at Hounslow; treatment by the other children; constant state of hunger; American Armed Forces supporting the Home; forming friendships at Boys Town; Bill McLaughlin; arriving in Australia; his trip to Boys Town in Hobart; the orphanage being run by the Salesian Fathers; the activities at the orphanage; becoming part of the Williams family; the buildings and schooling at the orphanage; the Brothers being their mentors; the treatment by Australian children at school; the implements used for punishment purposes; having a positive attitude; his achievements at school; learning about life after leaving school; the reasons for returning to visit Boys Town; John Harding.
Crawford-Raby talks about his farming life; receiving no support from State Government; farming community becoming his family; Steel family; Ed Oliver; feeling of loneliness during his teenage years; his wife; working and living on farms; Louis Muirhead; locating his family; Ian Thwaites; meeting family members in England; his family tree; the need for acknowledgement of mistreatment of children at the orphanage; being told about his mother's understanding of what happened to him; The National Apology and the Apology in Brisbane; locating his birth certificate and getting his passport; little information existing on the boys who went to the orphanage; compensation received from the British Government and the Tasmanian State Government; his children needing to know about his background; Tony Costa; attending a Boys Town reunion in Hobart; Peter Hayes; keeping in contact with the boys from England.
- Partial contents:
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- Recitation of a rhyme about Father O'Sullivan
- tells story about Butch and the teacher.
- Notes:
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- Recorded by Olya Willis.
- Heather Crawford-Raby, the wife of Maurice Crawford-Raby, is a long-time supporter for the acknowledgement of Child Migrants and networks with wives/partners of former Child Migrants. Her interview is at ORAL TRC 6200/19
- Recorded on 12 August 2010 in Brisbane, Qld.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and corrected transcript available (typescript, 86 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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- Creation date:
- 2010
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