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Gail Guthrie interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 1135018
Format AudioAudio
Author
Guthrie, Gail, 1953-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1995. 
1 sound cassette (ca. 30 min.) : analog, mono. 
Series

Women of the land oral history project

Summary

Guthrie, a farmer and business proprietor, speaks of her background, helping to manage a caravan park, returning to their wool property, managing both their own and her parents' property, improving her knowledge through reading, attending meetings and managing farm finances, developing their own high grade knitting yarn, early difficulties getting established, expanding the product range, assistance provided by technology, the growing rural/urban gap and the need for increased education in schools regarding rural life.

Notes

Part of a collection of 33 interviews with rural women for the book "Women of the land".

Project conducted in association with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Has accompanying photograph.

Recorded at Kent River, W.A. on Tuesday, 28 February 1995.

DCM record; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (typescript, 15 p.) 
Subjects Guthrie, Gail, - 1953- - Interviews.  |  Women in agriculture - Australia.  |  Rural women - Australia - Social conditions.  |  Rural women - Australia - Interviews.  |  South-West (W.A.) - Biography.
Other authors/contributors Bowden, Ros  |  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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