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Kath Berkley interviewed by Judy Wing in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 565496
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline [sound recording]
Author
Berkley, Kath, 1905-, Interviewee
 
Online Versions
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1987 Oct. 7 
2 sound cassettes (ca. 120 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series

NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.

Summary

Born at Millers Point, Sydney, Berkley speaks of her parents' background; mother's Irish background; the local community, its inhabitants, communication, community spirit, local customs, family reading; brothers and sisters; family home; family life; clothes; meals; school experiences; childhood memories; recreation; music and playing the piano; childrens games; local police; politics; father's employment; work accident; finances and local poverty in the district; changes to the area; household chores; 1919 plague, wakes and funerals; religion; conscription.

Notes

Includes index.

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 at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.oh-vn565496

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available: 2 v. (37 p., 30 p.) 
Subjects Berkley, Kath, - 1905- - Interviews.  |  Older people - New South Wales - Biography.  |  Women - New South Wales - Social conditions - 1901-1945.  |  Sydney (N.S.W.) - Social conditions - 1901-1945.
Other authors/contributors Wing, Judy, Interviewer  |  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 2301/138
Copy: Recording
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
ORAL TRC 2301/138 (transcript)
Copy: Transcript
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)

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