Nevina Zadow interviewed by Criena Fitzgerald [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5448685
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Zadow, Nevina, 1968-, 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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- 2011
- 2 sound files (ca. 97 min.)
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Nevina Zadow, born in 1968, discusses her family background; her parents and siblings; schooling in Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; working as a barmaid at age 16; career options for women at that time; beginning work in mining (1989); open pit mining; driving a crusher; working with machinery; travelling throughout Australia; learning to drive trucks; attitudes towards women in mining and truck driving at that time; camp life and camp culture; the impact of the introduction of uniforms and name tags; working on a grader and water cart; dispatch and GPS technology; working as a construction labourer at a mine site; working in a blast crew; various practical and cultural benefits of having women work in mining; the increased number of women in mining during the 1990s' mining boom; typical work hours and shift schedules; work conditions; sedentary work and keeping fit; various companies she has worked for; superannuation; changing attitudes towards women in the mining industry; the number of women in the mining industry today; the social culture of Kalgoorlie.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 6 May 2011 in Kalgoorlie, W.A.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.) available.
- Subject:
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- Zadow, Nevina, 1968- -- Interviews
- Rural women -- Western Australia -- Kalgoorlie -- Interviews
- Women miners -- Western Australia -- Kalgoorlie -- Interviews
- Women truck drivers -- Western Australia -- Kalgoorlie -- Interviews
- Mineral industries -- Employees -- Interviews
- Mining corporations -- Australia -- History
- Kalgoorlie (W.A.) -- Social life and customs
- Other authors/contributors:
- Fitzgerald, Criena, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2081 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2011
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