Frederick Chilton interviewed by Judy Wing in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2109790
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Chilton, Frederick, 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 Nov. 11
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 100 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Woollahra, Sydney, Chilton speaks of his parents' background; grandparents' background; brothers and sisters; family homes on orchard in Warrawee, lifestyle, living conditions, local community of Turramurra; family maid and her work; chores on the orchard, managing the orchard; family life and values; recreation; health and local doctor; flu epidemic 1919; church and religion; school memories; compulsory military drill; attending North Sydney High; attendng University in Sydney from 1923; studying Arts/Law; payment of tuition fees, course work, working as an articled clerk, university life, university common days, lecturers and professors, students' attitudes, lifestyle; graduating 1929; first job as a solicitor, work conditions, his later career; becoming a partner in the law firm; work during the Depression; 1917 general strike; local government of Kuringai; memories of World War I and family involvement; contact with migrants.
- 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-216332960
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and transcript available: 2 v. (35 p., 22 p.).
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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- Unpublished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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