| Bib ID |
5733700 |
| Format |
Audio, Online [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Online Access |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
2011
4 sound files (ca. 171 min.)
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| Series |
Voices of the bush oral history project.
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| Technical Details |
Mode of access: Online.
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| Summary |
Folkloric recording. Vivienne Sawyer is a lifelong resident of the Illawarra region of N.S.W., born into a family of miners and steelworkers with a strong union background. She talks about her childhood; the early days, cooking and ironing methods; home remedies; her mother, Vina Oehm; Zig Zag railway; bath time; food deliveries; her schooling. She recites poetry and talks about yarn telling techniques.
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| Partial contents |
- Stories: Story about her father delivering wages to sick workmates
- Story about Tin Can McKay who sold pots, pans and kettles
- Story about the pie cart and buying the best ever pies
- Story about her mother making up a poem about her. Recitation: McNamara's Store. Story about her mother's performances for fund raising
- Story about not doing her homework and the excuse she gave the nun. Recitations: Back in the naughty nineties (fragment)
- Fun with sentences (mother's poem)
- Circle
- Self
- Bugsy beetle
- Blowing in the wind
- Stories: Story about her father delivering wages to sick workmates
- Story about Tin Can McKay who sold pots, pans and kettles
- Story about the pie cart and buying the best ever pies
- Story about her mother making up a poem about her. Recitation: McNamara's Store. Story about her mother's performances for fund raising
- Story about not doing her homework and the excuse she gave the nun. Recitations: Back in the naughty nineties (fragment)
- Fun with sentences (mother's poem)
- Circle
- Self
- Bugsy beetle
- Blowing in the wind
- Far flung romance. Story from school days about fixing the cross
- Story about buying a cheap postage stamp
- Story about not eating meat on Fridays. Recitation: unidentified poem
- schoolyard poem (fragment)
- A doggie stole a chicken
- unidentified poem (fragment) Story about living in a shed
- Story about condoms in Lake Cargellico. Recitation: A risque limerick
- limericks
- The leadership (poem) Story about learning building trades to help in building her house. Contents of a concert given by Sawyer - Woolly yarns and whimsies (2002)
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| Notes |
Summary accompanied by photograph.
Recorded on 6 August 2011 in Albion Park, N.S.W.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (5 p.) |
| Subjects |
Sawyer, Vivienne - Interviews. | Women storytellers - New South Wales - Interviews. | Storytelling.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Willis, Rob, 1944-, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Voices of the bush oral history project
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