Phil Skinner interviewed by Bronwyn Hughes in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 175007
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Skinner, Phil, 1903-1991, 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 July 7
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 120 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Burwood, Sydney, Skinner speaks of his parents' background; family history; father's employment; mother's profession; childhood memories; family homes; school memories; the local environment and community of Burwood; father's work as a gardener; family moving around Sydney to live in grounds of homes he worked for; family life; experiences living in extended family with Aunt, Uncle and cousins; cars; memories of Halley's Comet; living above a tea shop with family; recreation; religion; music; picture theatre; health; employment; working for a photographer; World War I; the Depression; meeting his wife; courtship; teaching music; playing banjo on live radio.
- Notes:
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- Transcript available.
- Includes index.
- Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Aging and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216229665
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.).
- Subject:
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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- Unpublished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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