Charlie Walker interviewed by Rob Willis in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4803292
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Walker, Charlie, 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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- 2010
- 5 sound files (ca. 257 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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Charlie Walker talks about Broadmeadows Babies home; St Anthony's Boys Home (Kew); St Joseph's (Surry Hills); his schooling; his time at St Augustine's Orphanage, Geelong (1945-1950); working as a stable boy and jockey; living on the streets of Melbourne; National Service (1956); wildlife sales and scams; his wife and children; finding his family; writing his book "Charlie the ratbag orphan"; the apology to the Forgotten Australians.
- Notes:
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- Accompanying photographs with summary (Closed during the lifetime of the interviewee)
- Recorded on 23 February 2010 at Melbourne, Vic.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary ( 12 p.) and corrected transcript available (typescript, 156 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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- Until 2080 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2010
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