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Verity Fitzhardinge interviewed by Bill Tully for the Australia 1938 oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2433959
Format AudioAudio
Author
Hewitt, Hope Verity, 1908-1986
 
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1983 Jan. 23. 
2 sound cassettes (ca. 159 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series

Australia 1938 oral history project ; ORAL TRC 2404 Int. no. 2915

Summary

Fitzhardinge (Hewitt) speaks of her family background; family life on farm in New South Wales; school memories; experiences at Sydney University; politics; moving to Canberra; local area and Canberra community; teaching experiences in Canberra; recreation; marriage; home and lifestyle; establishing a bookshop in Canberra; foreigners she met and knew; Australian society; travels overseas; overseas situation in the late 1930s.

Notes

Transcript unavailable.

Recorded by the Australia 1938 Oral History Project as research for the book Australians 1938 from the series Australians, a historical library.

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

Subjects Hewitt, Hope Verity, - 1908-1986 - Interviews.  |  Women - Australian Capital Territory - Biography.  |  Canberra (A.C.T.) - Social conditions.
Other authors/contributors Tully, Bill  |  Australia 1788-1988: A Bicentennial History  |  Australia 1938 Oral History Project
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Australians 1938.

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