Geoffry Parfitt interviewed by Lily Kauler in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5972
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Parfitt, Geoffrey, 1932-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access to be determined.
- Description:
-
- 2001
- 1 digital audio tape (19 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
-
Parfitt speaks about his employment as a shearer. He initially worked with a group of shearers in the Gascoyne and Murchison areas of Western Australia. Parfitt was a 'gun' shearer, one of the best, and led a team of Noongar shearers until he developed arthritis in 1982. He talks about shearing around Australia and overseas, and about other Noongar shearers. This interview supplements an earlier interview. See TRC 5000/213.
- Notes:
-
- Recorded on Oct. 22, 2001 at Subiaco, W.A.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (1 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Shearers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Kauler, Lily Bhavna, 1955-, interviewer
- Related Records:
-
This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
This collection contains 334 records. - Copyright:
-
In Copyright
Contact us for information about copying. For access conditions return to the record display above.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2071 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2001
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Frank Ellis Gare interviewed by W.J.E. Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Keith Maine interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Robert Capp interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Olive Chalwell interviewed by Marnie Richardson in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]