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Frank McGrath interviewed by Steven Guth for the Galong oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2105369
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
McGrath, Frank, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Access open for research; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1989 May 25 
2 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips., stereo ; 5 in. 
Series

Galong oral history project.

Summary

Mr McGrath talks of his family background; soldier settler farms; his grandparents; pets; hotels in Galong; fist fights; Jack Daley/Tommy Turner fight; the railway; Galong in 1917; education; employment; the Depression; delivering bread before school; brawls between boarders and day pupils at school; water fights; rabbit works; Rocky Ponds; family land ownership; the butter factory.

Notes

Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Subjects McGrath, Frank - Interviews.  |  St Lawrence's School (Galong, N.S.W.) - History.  |  Primary schools - New South Wales - Galong - History.  |  New South Wales - Social conditions - 1901-1945.  |  Galong (N.S.W.) - History.
Other authors/contributors Guth, Steven, 1943-, Interviewer

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