Ada Kimlin interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3426221
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Kimlin, Ada, 1930-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2005
- 1 digital audio tape (62 min.)
- Series:
- Drovers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Ada Kimlin, discusses her family life and background; her father Alf Turner, cartered packhorse mail to Powell Creek; he joined 3rd Light Horse Regiment, WWI; medal, malaria; meeting his wife at Alcoota; established self supporting homestead, garden; first kerosene fridge; Coolgardie Safe; Aborigines; attending boarding school (aged 8); father away droving; mustering; being a stockwoman; Alice Springs Cup; brother's station; father's work, retirement, death; Queensland; siblings' death; fruit picking; her marriage and its demise, her 5 sons; St George, Queensland; sheepdogs; the move back to Alice Springs; Alcoota Station sold 1944; childhood activities; Bruce Simpson books; mother's death; transport; roads; fuel prices; Caboolture.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on April 06, 2005 at Alice Springs, N.T.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221281531
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 46 leaves).
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Jillaroos
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Drovers oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2005
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