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Barbara Marks interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2819898
Format AudioAudio
Author
Marks, Barbara, 1931-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1995. 
1 sound cassette (ca. 55 min.) : analog, mono. 
Series

Women of the land oral history project

Summary

Marks, farmer and grazier, speaks of her childhood, her family, her life as a farmer, breeding sheep, education of her children, shearing the sheep, death of her husband, hardship on the farm, refusal from the bank to lend money, getting rid of breeding sheep and getting involved in shearing, running the farm and attending agricultural meetings, School of Distance Education, being a mother and a teacher at the same time, winning the Queensland Rural Woman Award and the vital role of ABC television for farmers.

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 Brisbane, Qld. on Monday 13 March 1995.

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

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (typescript, 26 leaves.) 
Subjects Marks, Barbara, - 1931- - Interviews.  |  Rural women - Australia - Interviews.  |  Rural women - Australia - Social conditions.  |  Women in agriculture - Australia.  |  Sheep - Breeding - Queensland.  |  Sheep-shearing - Queensland.  |  Agricultural education - Australia.  |  Charleville (Qld.) - Biography.
Other authors/contributors Bowden, Ros  |  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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