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Mary Ryan interviewed by Judy Wing in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 568864
Format AudioAudio
Author Ryan, Mary, 1903-1993
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1987 Aug. 12. 
2 sound cassettes (ca. 120 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series NSW Bicentennial oral history collection 
Summary

Born at Millers Point, Sydney, Ryan speaks of her family's homes ; local environment and people in the community ; bubonic plague and rats ; family life ; family chores ; living conditions ; childhood memories ; childhood games ; family recreation ; piano and music ; Christmas and other celebrations ; church ; family social life ; social life of young women in the district ; entertainment ; police ; local children ; wharf workers ; school ; working as a machinist and baby sitter ; meeting her husband ; marriage preparation ; married life ; her husbands' employment ; the Depression.

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).

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

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available: 2 v. (36 p., 28 p.) 
Subjects Ryan, Mary, - 1903-1993 - 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 Wing, Judy  |  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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Details Collect From
ORAL TRC 2301/104
Copy: Recording
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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ORAL TRC 2301/104 (transcript)
Copy: Transcript
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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