Mr D. E. Nickels and Mrs Nickels interviewed by Jan Adams in the Christmas Island life story oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1200578
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Nickels, D. E, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission from Marg Neale required for research and public use.
- Description:
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- 1986
- 3 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Christmas Island life story oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mr Nickels, Australian Official Representative, 1958 to 1960, and his wife, speak about how he got the job as Official Representative; his official duties; handover ceremony from Britain to Australia; visit of Sir Paul Hasluck; construction work; relations with BPC staff; means of travel to the island; George Fam; official celebrations; lifestyle of European women; isolation; social activities; religious practices; his visit to the Cocos Islands; race relations; and opium addicts on the island.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection related to the social history of Christmas Island.
- Recorded at Burradoo, New South Wales on 18 July 1986.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Published in: We were the Christmas Islanders : reminiscences and the recollections of the people of an islolated island, the Australian territory of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean / Margaret Neale assisted by Jan Adams. Chapman, A.C.T. : B. Neale, 1988.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript for tape 3 (typescript, 15 leaves). Cassette copy only for tapes 1 and 2.
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This belongs to the Christmas Island life story oral history project.
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 1986
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