| Bib ID |
4972242 |
| Format |
Audio, Online [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
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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 (134 min.)
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| Series |
Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
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| Technical Details |
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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| Summary |
Maurice Crawford-Raby born in 1942 speaks about his parents; being at St. Vincents Home in Feltham from age of four years; sleeping accommodation and the dining area; his memories; leaving the Home at age of nine years; discipline at the Home; Sister Teresa; Christmas celebrations; no acknowledgement of birthdays; treatment of bed wetters; meals at the Home; his schooling at St.Michaels and St.Martins at Hounslow; treatment by the other children; constant state of hunger; American Armed Forces supporting the Home; forming friendships at Boys Town; Bill McLaughlin; arriving in Australia; his trip to Boys Town in Hobart; the orphanage being run by the Salesian Fathers; the activities at the orphanage; becoming part of the Williams family; the buildings and schooling at the orphanage; the Brothers being their mentors; the treatment by Australian children at school; the implements used for punishment purposes; having a positive attitude; his achievements at school; learning about life after leaving school; the reasons for returning to visit Boys Town; John Harding.
Crawford-Raby talks about his farming life; receiving no support from State Government; farming community becoming his family; Steel family; Ed Oliver; feeling of loneliness during his teenage years; his wife; working and living on farms; Louis Muirhead; locating his family; Ian Thwaites; meeting family members in England; his family tree; the need for acknowledgement of mistreatment of children at the orphanage; being told about his mother's understanding of what happened to him; The National Apology and the Apology in Brisbane; locating his birth certificate and getting his passport; little information existing on the boys who went to the orphanage; compensation received from the British Government and the Tasmanian State Government; his children needing to know about his background; Tony Costa; attending a Boys Town reunion in Hobart; Peter Hayes; keeping in contact with the boys from England.
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| Partial contents |
- Recitation of a rhyme about Father O'Sullivan
- tells story about Butch and the teacher.
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| Notes |
Recorded by Olya Willis.
Recorded on 12 August 2010 in Brisbane, Qld.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (4 p.) |
| Subjects |
Crawford-Raby, Maurice, - 1942- - Interviews. | Boys Town (Glenorchy, Tas.) | Immigrant children, British - Institutional care - Tasmania. | Children - Institutional care - Tasmania - History - 20th century. | Orphanages - Tasmania - Glenorchy.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Willis, Rob, 1944-, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project
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