Hilda Cross interviewed by Jenny Salmon in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 529529
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Cross, Hilda, 1902-, 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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- 1987 May 11
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 75 min) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born on a property near Walcha, N.S.W., Cross speaks of her parent's background; the property - Morton, Yarrowitch and its history; home built by father; living conditions; childhood memories; her work on the farm; crops and farm produce; school; recreation; the local enviroment ; managing of the farm by father; diet and meals made from local animals; farm preditors and native animals; cooking for shearers; marriage; married life; husband's employment; town and community of Walcha; memories of a trip to Newcastle by train at age 12; a trip to Sydney; her children; WWI; German immigrants.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Recorded by the N.S.W. Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the N.S.W. Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216193656
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and transcript available : 2 v. (32 p., 10 p.).
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This belongs to the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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