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John Parker interviewed by Pat Ryan for the Australia 1938 oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2661162
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Parker, John, 1924-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1982 July 10 - July 16 
2 cassettes (ca. 135 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series

Australia 1938 oral history project ; ORAL TRC 2404 Int. no. 6501

Summary

Parker speaks of his family background; family experiences caretaking abandoned group settlement farms; decline of group settlements; family life; school and childhood memories; employment experiences and conditions; home and family lifestyle in 1938 on farm; recreation; class, politics, religion; Australia in the 1930s; contact with and attitudes to migrants; health care; memories of the 1930s; tobacco harvesting at Manjimup in 1938.

Notes

Full transcript unavailable, interview summarised (3 p.)

Original and working duplicate cassettes made.

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 Parker, John, - 1924- - Interviews.  |  Tobacco industry - Western Australia - History.  |  Western Australia - Social conditions - 1901-1945.
Other authors/contributors Ryan, Pat, Interviewer  |  Australia 1788-1988: A Bicentennial History  |  Australia 1938 Oral History Project
Also Titled

Australians 1938.

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