Mrs Burke interviewed by Wendy Lowenstein for the Wendy Lowenstein 1930's Depression collection
- Bib ID:
- 6298494
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Burke, Mrs, 1907-, 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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- 1973 May 8
- 1 sound tape reel (approximately 50 min.) : analog
- Series:
- Wendy Lowenstein 1930's Depression collection.
- Summary:
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Mrs Burke speaks about working as a shop assistant in Young; the signs of the depression during the 1920s; her family; her brothers; the beginning of her nursing career; nursing uniforms; Happy Valley, La Perouse; WWI; Prince Henry Hospital; her time at Prince Alfred Hospital and Saint Vincent's Hospital; scarlet fever; policies of Jack Lang, Premier of New South Wales; night duties; banks; her Irish Catholic background; trade unionist Tom Walsh; the Russian Revolution; her training for obstetrics at the Crown Street Hospital; child endowment; private nursing; WWII; her marriage.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 8 May 1973.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214965923
- Related Material:
- Similar content from this interview also found in the National Library of Australia Oral History & Folklore collection at ORAL TRC 7065/141.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 pages).
- Subject:
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This belongs to the Wendy Lowenstein 1930's Depression collection.
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- Until 2043 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1973
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