Ada Schneider interviewed by Marjorie Biggins in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 566860
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Schneider, Ada, 1901-, 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
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 90 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Rotherhithe, London, Schneider speaks of her family background; coming to Australia with her family in 1913; parents' background; arriving in Australia; mother and stepfather's various jobs; family life; domestic work; moving around New South Wales with family; schooling; family roles; recreation; WWI; meeting husband; family relationships; health; home after marriage; travelling with her husband's work; working as a waitress; social life; living conditions throughout marriage; sex education; childbirth; break-up of marriage; living with husband and small children in a tent in Dorrigo district; moving to Newcastle; home medicines; diet and self-sufficiency; eating native animals.
- Notes:
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- 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 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216251204
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available: 2 v. (34 p., 16 p.).
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This belongs to the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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