Queenie Symonds interviewed by Brenda Factor in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 645981
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Symonds, Queenie, 1896-1989, 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 Mar. 2
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 75 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Eden, NSW, Symonds speaks of her family background; parents' background; lifestyle in Eden; Jewish customs; the family moving to Sydney when she was 11; childhood memories; family life, home and living conditions; family shops in Eden and Sydney; courtship and marriage; her brothers and sisters; her daughter travelling to Palestine after WWII; her schooling; family maids; her husband's background; kosher foods; employment in shoe shop; social life before marriage; picnics and recreation; trip overseas with husband; husband's employment; memories of WWI; her children; forming the first Council of Jewish women; council activities, its purpose; Jewish immigrants.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216364926
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 2 v. (31 p., 6 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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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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