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Mary Noelker interviewed by Hank Nelson [sound recording]
Bib ID 1495751
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Noelker, Mary, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1988 
2 sound cassettes. 
Summary

Mary Noelker (nee Gibbs), teacher at Faraday State School and kidnap victim, recounts the events of the Faraday kidnapping, subsequent trial and media attention and their effect on her life.

Biography/History

On 6 October 1972 Mary Gibbs was teaching at Faraday School, Victoria, when she and six pupils were kidnapped by Robert Boland and Edwin Eastwood. She and the children escaped on 7 October and Boland and Eastwood were arrested soon after.

Notes

Cassette copy not made.

Recorded on 12 July 1988.

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript unavailable; interview summarised (12 leaves) 
Subjects Noelker, Mary - Interviews.  |  Faraday State School.  |  Victims of crimes - Victoria - Interviews.  |  Kidnapping - Victoria - History.  |  Primary school teachers - Victoria - Interviews.
Other authors/contributors Nelson, Hank, 1937-2012, Interviewer

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