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Lorraine Hewett interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2819875
Format AudioAudio
Author
Hewett, Lorraine, 1946-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1995. 
2 sound cassettes (ca. 1 hr. 27 min.) : analog, mono. 
Series

Women of the land oral history project

Summary

Hewett speaks of her background, her schooling, her first job, her first encounter with sheep, her parents, starting on a farm, meeting her future husband, love of farming, breeding program with sheep and rams when the Australian Merino Society was still young, Artificial Insemination program (AI), teaching students about training rams, rams' sexual behavior, criticism from men in the industry towards a woman who is a rams' breeder, using a computer to calculate fleece and body weights, setting up two laboratories of wool testing and invaluable help received from CSIRO and the W.A. Dept. of Agriculture.

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 York, W.A. on Thursday 02 March 1995.

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

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (typescript, 49 leaves.) 
Subjects Hewett, Lorraine, - 1946- - Interviews.  |  Australian Merino Society.  |  Rural women - Australia - Interviews.  |  Rural women - Australia - Social conditions.  |  Sheep - Breeding - Western Australia  |  Sheep - Artificial insemination.  |  Rams - Breeding - Western Australia.  |  York (W.A.) - Biography.
Other authors/contributors Bowden, Ros  |  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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