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Evelyn Goodwin interviewed by Judy Wing in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 2087963
Format AudioAudio
Author
Goodwin, Evelyn, 1899-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1987 July 16-July 23. 
4 sound cassettes (ca. 180 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series

NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.

Summary

Born in Sydney, Goodwin speaks of her parents background; fathers employment; brothers and sisters; childhood memories; local environment and community of The Rocks district; family home and family life; boarders in home; family values; chores in home, collecting fire wood; community life; socialising; celebrations; recreations and outings; roles of women and men; children's games; dances; social life; relatives; family celebrations; music and entertainment; Irish in the community; professions in the area; police; school; employment in Post Office, work as a phonogram operator; conditions; technology; unions; the church and religion; death and funerals; meeting husband; courtship whilst still at school; husband's background; wedding; birth of son, married life in the country; death of her husband; managing farm on her own; flappers and clothes; politics; parents' property investments; World War I.

Notes

Includes index.

Record 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 (N.S.W).

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

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available. 
Subjects Goodwin, Evelyn, - 1899- - Interviews.  |  Older people - New South Wales - Biography.  |  Women - New South Wales - Social conditions - 1901-1945.  |  Sydney (N.S.W.) - Social life and customs.  |  Sydney (N.S.W.) - Social conditions - 1901-1945.
Other authors/contributors Wing, Judy  |  N.S.W. Council on the Ageing  |  Oral History Association of Australia. N.S.W. Branch  |  NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project

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    ORAL TRC 2301/90
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    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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