Angus MacDonald interviewed by Paula Hamilton in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2087749
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- MacDonald, Angus, 1905-, 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 Sept. 1
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 90 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born at Lock Maddy, Hebrides (Scotland), MacDonald speaks of his parents' background; family life; chores; school; fathers alcoholism and death; death of brother; local community; life after school; work experience in Scotland; coming out to Australia under a scheme with the Labour Bureau; the trip; impression of Australia; working as a gardner for Dr and Mrs Fairfax, work, conditions, lifestyle, employers, the garden, stories of the Fairfax family; the Depression and losing his job; life on the dole; involvement with the Scottish Society; recreation; social life; working as a chauffeur; experiences during World War II.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216290311
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 2 v. (48 p., 11 p.).
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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- Unpublished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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