Leo West interviewed by Matthew Higgins for the Tharwa oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 735912
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- West, Leo, 1929-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies. Written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 16 July 1993
- 3 sound tape reels (ca. 86 min.) : 7 1/2 ips. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Tharwa oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mr West speaks of his family background; fox shooting; rabbit poisoning; brumby running; his mother's schooling; Sheedys' transporting children to school; his parents' playing music for dances; "Heck" Jones; men who enlisted in World War II; subjects taught; football; Andy Cunningham; singing; fights at lunchtime; discipline; religion lessons; Masses; race meetings at Cuppacumbalong; rugby league football team; large families; Empire Day bonfire; smoking; swimming in the river and at Balmoral; going to school at Mosman; working at Tidbinbilla; joining the mounted police; the police guard for the Queen's tour; the Tharwa bridge.
- Biography/History:
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Mr West was a student of Tharwa school in the 1930s.
- Notes:
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- Part of a project undertaken by the Tharwa Primary School in conjunction with the National Library of Australia.
- Recorded in Queanbeyan, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Higgins, Matthew, 1957-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Tharwa oral history project.
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- Until 2063 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1993
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