Robert Forrester interviewed by Jan Adams and Margaret Neale in the Christmas Island life story oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2717259
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Forrester, Robert, -2010, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission from Margaret Neale, required for research and public use.
- Description:
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- 1987
- 4 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Christmas Island life story oral history project.
- Summary:
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Forrester, Christmas Island surveyor, 1952 to 1973, speaks about moving to Christmas Island in 1952; surveying the inland of the island for phosphate deposits; the Malays and Chinese he worked with; robber crabs; survey results; the shortage of water on Christmas Island; results of expansion in 1950s and 1960s; social life; Chinese women labourers; and construction of the golf course.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection related to the social history of Christmas Island and recorded by Marg Neale and Jan Adams.
- Recorded in Perth, Western Australia on 19 January 1987.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Published in: We were the Christmas Islanders : reminiscences andthe recollections of the people of an isolated island, the Australian Territory of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean / Margaret Neale assisted by Jan Adams. Chapman, A.C.T.: B. Neale, 1988.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript (typescript, 35 leaves)
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This belongs to the Christmas Island life story oral history project.
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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