Joan Nielsen interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4252578
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Nielsen, Joan, 1919-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 2 sound files (ca. 97 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Joan Nielsen born 1919 in Bendigo, Victoria, speaks about her parents; home remedies; about living at Charlton; learning to play violin; different nationalities in local area Charlton; Vietnam War; school days at Charlton; dances danced by her parents; funerals at Charlton; dances at Ballarat; memories of The Great Depression; living in Melbourne; working in the Ordnance Factory; working in hotels; details about life in the Belfast Hotel; entertainment in the hotel; happy memories of being in the hotels.
- Full contents:
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- Tells story about: Filling inkwells at school
- Recitation: A ditty 'Catholic dogs'
- sings 'Kids go to school'
- repeats 'Kids go to school'
- story about: Religion
- Sir Roger De Coverley
- Nuns
- Wheel falling off a truck
- A couple in a cemetry
- Masonic ball
- Dunny cart
- Disliking her sister
- A murder
- Sticking paper to the roof
- Grandmother
- Drenching a horse.
- Notes:
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- Recorded by John Harpley.
- Accompanying material: photographs of interviewee.
- Recorded on May 19, 2007 at Bendigo, Vic.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 92 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2077 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2007
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