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Catherine Schulties interviewed by John Shields in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 527819
Format AudioAudio
Author
Schulties, Catherine, 1906-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1987 Mar. 25. 
2 sound cassettes (ca. 120 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series

NSW Bicentennial oral history collection

Summary

Born at Glebe in Sydney, Schulties speaks of family and parents' background ; mother letting rooms in family home at Surry Hills, lodgers, description of home ; family life ; childhood memories ; parents' work ; Surry Hills community ; childrens games ; family roles ; relatives ; recreation ; family celebrations ; incidents of Catholic Protestant conflict amongst children ; health ; school ; leaving school at 13 ; employment ; working in a cigarette factory, experiences, conditions, worker's health, women workers ; sports and socialising ; company policies ; meeting husband, wedding, marriage ; her children, her husband ; experiences having children ; sex and women ; homosexuality ; World War I ; family politics.

Notes

Includes index.

Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).

DCM record; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available: 2 v. (49 p., 36 p.) 
Subjects Schulties, Catherine, - 1906- - Interviews.  |  Women - New South Wales - Social conditions - 1901-1945.  |  Older people - New South Wales - Biography.  |  Factories - New South Wales - Employees.  |  Sydney (N.S.W.) - Social conditions - 1901-1945.
Other authors/contributors Shields, John, 1954-  |  N.S.W. Council on the Ageing  |  Oral History Association of Australia. N.S.W. Branch  |  NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project

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    ORAL TRC 2301/32
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    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
    ORAL TRC 2301/32 (transcript)
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    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)

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