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Debbie Thiele interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2698557
Format AudioAudio
Author
Thiele, Debbie, 1954-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1995. 
1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) 
Series

Women of the land oral history project

Summary

Thiele, a farmer and 1994 ABC Rural Woman of the Year, speaks of farming background, her supportive family, love of the water (skiing, sailing, etc.), education at Waikerie High School and Roseworthy Agricultural College, teaching agricultural science, farming life and its advantages, pressures on rural families, sheep farming, the mouse plague, rural stereotypes, a "typical day", achievements, overseas travels, and being awarded the inaugural ABC Rural Woman of the Year Award.

Notes

Part of a collection of 33 interviews with rural women for the book "Women of the land".

Project conducted in association with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

Has accompanying photograph.

Recorded at 'Numurra', near Loxton, S. Aust. on Friday, 24 February 1995.

DCM record; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (typescript, 24 p.) 
Subjects Thiele, Debbie, - 1954- - Interviews.  |  Women in agriculture - Australia.  |  Rural women - Australia - Social conditions.  |  Rural women - Australia - Interviews.  |  Agricultural education - Australia.  |  Waikerie Region (S. Aust.) - Biography.  |  Loxton Region (S. Aust.) - Biography.
Other authors/contributors Bowden, Ros  |  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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