Marj Reston interviewed by Brenda Factor in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2088151
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Reston, Marj, 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 Aug. 3
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 80 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Woollahra, Sydney, Reston speaks of her brothers and sisters; parents' background; school at Paddington; childhood memories; father's employment; family home in Paddington; relatives living in family home; family recreation; Jewish traditions in family; the Great Synagogue; childhood games; family life; tailoress apprenticeship, work, experiences and conditions; father going to war, life during WWI; social life; being a member of a local Jewish choir; family health; employment as a tailoress; marriage in 1950; religion; sports interests; 1917 general strike; family values; the Depression.
- 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-216271304
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available.
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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- Unpublished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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