Joe Tofler interviewed by Brenda Factor in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2088677
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Tofler, Joe, 1903-, 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 19
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 90 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Redfern, Sydney, Tofler speaks of his parent's background in Poland, London and Australia; mother's employment; family life; father's employment; local community in Sydney; Jewish education, customs, meals, celebrations, family life the Jewish community; his brothers and sisters; Kosher home; family roles; family outings; recreation; school; employment; becoming a jeweller; work conditions; being a working class family; anti-semitism; WWI; affect on community; Armistice Day; 1917 General Strike; health; social life; Jewish social group; meeting wife; wife's background; wedding; married life at Maroubra; Great Synagogue; local Chinese community; immigrants; wife's involvement with Council of Jewish Women; her meeting Jewish immigrants at the wharves; Australian attitude to Jewish immigration.
- 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-216225427
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 2 v. (36 p., 17 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- Unpublished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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