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Wanda Horky interviewed by Barry York in the Polish Australians oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 3081524
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Horky, Wanda, 1951-, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Access open for research use; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 2004 
4 sound files (192 min.) 
Series

Polish Australians oral history project

Summary

Wanda Horky, librarian and director of the Polish Historical Institute in Australia, born in Perth, Western Australia recalls her family background and childhood; her formal education; the Perth Polish community, 1950s-1960s; the Polish Ethnic School, Perth (W.A.); the Mazowsze Dance Group, Perth (W.A.); her interest in librarianship; her career with the National Library of Australia, changes within the Library over a 28 year period; her family; her involvement with the Polish communities in Perth and Canberra; the Polish Historical Institute in Australia; her visit to Poland, 1994; her sense of ethnic identity today and her views on official multiculturalism.

Biography/History

Wanda Horky, librarian at the National Library of Australia, is assistant to the Manager, Australian Collection Development and is the Director, of the Polish Historical Institute in Australia.

Notes

Recorded on March 10, 2004; Mar.11, 2004 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.

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

Related Material Collection of photographs of Wanda Horky taken during an oral history interview; located at; National Library of Australia Pictorial collection PIC NL39302 LOC nla.int-nl39302 Online access. 
Index/Finding Aid Note Timed summary (9 p.) 
Subjects Horky, Wanda, - 1951- - Interviews.  |  National Library of Australia.  |  Polish Historical Institute in Australia.  |  Librarians - Australian Capital Territory - Canberra - Interviews.  |  Polish people - Australia - Interviews.  |  Polish Australians - Interviews.  |  Polish Australians - Ethnic identity.  |  Polish Australians - Social life and customs - 1945-
Occupation Librarians
Other authors/contributors York, Barry, 1951-, Interviewer
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