Albert Secombe interviewed by John Shields in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 527665
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Secombe, Albert, 1898-1988, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1987 Apr. 16
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 93 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born at Elenewen, NSW, Secombe speaks of parents' and family background; living in the country as a small child; family homes in Sydney and country; family life; childhood memories; boxing interests; reading at home; family lifestyle; recreation; church; family health; school in city and country; apprenticeship at John Heine and Son metal trade; work, conditions, experiences, lifestyle, unions; working at John Danksas a fitter; boxing fights, conditions; joining Navy; working in funeral trade, conditions, union; being secretary of Undertakers assistants and cemetary employees union; meeting wife; wedding; wife's background; first home; children; death of first child; military service; WWI; 1917 strike; politics.
- Notes:
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- Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216187403
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 2 v. (43 p., 22 p.).
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- Bert Secombe interviewed by John Shields in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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