| Bib ID |
4781062 |
| Format |
Audio, Online [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Online Access |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
2010
2 sound files (ca. 124 min.)
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| Series |
Rural Women of the Year Award oral history project.
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| Technical Details |
Mode of access: Online.
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| Summary |
Belinda Hazell speaks about Judbury in the 1950s when the apple growing industry was at its peak; her parents and family background; being a triplet; moving to the Huon Valley at 13 years; her schooling and going to technical college; working for the Apple export board; the vibrant apple industry in the early 1980s; the Rural Youth Organisation; going on an exchange to Sweden; getting married (1990); working for her husband’s family; Hazell Brothers business and properties; her involvement in a tissue culture project, in vitro micro propagating apple and pear root stock; working with quality assurance systems, environmental and occupational health and safety systems; leaving Hazell Brothers (2000); working for the Department of Economic Development in the Food and Beverage unit; establishing a quality systems consultancy with her sister; advising on food safety systems, occupational health and safety and human resources; her current business activities.
Hazell talks about the Rural Safety Advisory Council; Tasmanian Women in Agriculture; helping people to deal with change; enjoyment working with systems and emergent ideas; her sister Caroline and her work; her nomination for the ABC Rural Woman of the Year Award (1997); being nominated as a Tasmanian Young Achiever for Tissue Culture work (1993); Ruth Paterson; working with traditional agricultural organisations to support families and communities; meeting with a delegation of agricultural women in Ireland; encouraging women to think about their opportunities; combining family and professional life; her hopes for her daughters’ futures; her confidence in the future of agriculture and horticulture in Tasmania; the decision to sell Forest Home; her excitement at the next phase of life; life after Forest Home; changes in Tasmania since 1997; the decline in apple industry; her concern about the lack of federal policy on the future production of safe, quality food; the impact of climate change.
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| Notes |
Recorded on 12 February 2010 at Judbury, Tas.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (7 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 65 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Hazell, Belinda, - 1967- - Interviews. | Rural Women of the Year Award - Tasmania. | Business consultants - Tasmania - Interviews.
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| Occupation |
Business consultants. |
| Other authors/contributors |
Henningham, Nicola, 1960-, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Rural Women of the Year Award oral history project
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