Michael Snell interviewed by Rob Willis in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4730909
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Snell, Michael, 1935-, 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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- 2009
- 1 sound file (ca. 71 min.)
- Series:
- Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Michael Snell born 1935 speaks about meeting his relatives for the first time at the age of 60; his early memories of Homes and the National Children's Home and Orphanage (U.K.); reasons for children being in the Home, being sent to Australia after WWII; arriving in Australia in March 1950, conditions and weather on the trip; arriving in Sydney, incident involving fumigation; Dalmar Methodist Home near Carlingford, N.S.W.; chores at the Home, milking, farm work, child labour, schooling, treatment by other school children; discipline at the Home; paedophiles; the number of children and routines at Dalmar Home; going to church; leaving Dalmar; friends made on the trip to Australia; returning to England as an adult; survival; address by Malcolm Turnbull at the Apology (16th Nov. 2009); his feelings about the Apology;
Snell discusses the importance of the work done by Margaret Humphreys and Harold Haig; his reason for being a member of Care Leavers Association Network (CLAN); the British Apology (Jan. 2010); speeches made by Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull; visiting the British Consulate after the Apology; his expectations from the Apology; meeting up with other child migrants and reconnecting with former mates from Dalmar; getting his passport; Sir Robert Menzies and Child Migration; unity amongst child migrants; not telling his family about all of his experiences; his children and grandchildren; writing a diary of his trip out to Australia; being punished for being left handed; fighting; difficulty in forming relationships; meeting his wife; being isolated; playing football.
- Biography/History:
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Portrait taken during the interview http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4759900
- Notes:
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- A previous recording with Michael Snell and Bobbie Snell is held at ORAL TRC 5484/90 in the Child migrants oral history project.
- Recorded on 17 November 2009 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.
- Related Material:
- Portraits of Michael Snell taken during oral history interview by Rob Willis at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 17 November 2009; located at; National Library of Australia Pictures collection PIC Online access #NL40149
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 33 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2009
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