Alice Jean Thomas interviewed by Mark Cranfield [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2205139
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Thomas, Alice Jean, 1899-1989, 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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- 1982
- 3 sound tape reels.
- Summary:
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Alice Jean Thomas, art patron, speaks about her grandparents on both sides; where they came from; the land and what they had on the land; early politics of land owners; her early background and childhood; birthdays and the presents she received; making presents for her mother and father; learning to do all the domestic chores plus sewing and crocheting; learning to make a dress in bording school; moving to Arno; relationship with one of their governesses; the governess teaching her brother music and improving her English; moving to Southport; having to catch the ferry across to the main beach; Poleman family running the ferry and the cakes they use to sell at the ferry terminal; spending pocket money to buy these cakes; going through childhood to womanhood; talks about her son being Senior Curator of the Australian National Gallery; the excitement surrounding the opening of the Gallery by Queen Elizabeth 2nd; how her son Daniel takes after her and her other son Bertram taking after his father; artists that she likes such as Martin Sharp, Brett Whiteley, Colin Lanceley, Carrington Smith, from Hobart, Sidney Nolan.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Oct. 11 to Oct. 14, 1982.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215291252
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.) and transcript available (typescript, 129 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Cranfield, Mark, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2052 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1982
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