Catalogue Persistent Identifier
http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn585844
APA Citation
Ryan, Edna, & Taksa, Lucy. & N.S.W. Council on the Ageing. & Oral History Association of Australia. N.S.W. Branch. & NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project. 1987 Edna Ryan interviewed by Lucy Taksa in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
MLA Citation
Ryan, Edna, and Taksa, Lucy. and N.S.W. Council on the Ageing. and Oral History Association of Australia. N.S.W. Branch. and NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project. Edna Ryan interviewed by Lucy Taksa in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording] 1987
Australian Citation
Ryan, Edna, & Taksa, Lucy. & N.S.W. Council on the Ageing. & Oral History Association of Australia. N.S.W. Branch. & NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project. 1987, Edna Ryan interviewed by Lucy Taksa in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
Edna Ryan interviewed by Lucy Taksa in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
| Bib ID | 585844 | ||
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| Author |
Ryan, Edna, 1904-1997
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| Access Conditions | Access open for research, personal copies and public use. | ||
| Description |
1987 Oct. 19.
2 sound cassettes (ca. 90 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. |
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| Series |
NSW Bicentennial oral history collection
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| Summary |
Born in Pyrmont, Sydney, Ryan speaks of her early life ; going to school ; clerical employment ; studying at business college ; different homes in Sydney ; strikes ; family life ; memories of and attitudes during World War I ; memories of the 1917 general strike ; the working classes ; International Workers of the World (IWW) ; politics of 1910-1930 ; her political interests ; street corner meetings ; family reading material ; memories of the Domain ; life as a Socialist, meeting places and haunts ; favourite speakers ; socialists being framed for crimes ; socialist/working class communication ; social conditions, her own research of the period ; the War Precautions Act ; socialism and the Labor Party ; her interest in, and reading of Lenin and Russia ; Justice Beeby and working class leaders. |
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| 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; |
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| Index/Finding Aid Note | Transcript available : 2 v. (33 p., 9 p.) | ||
| Subjects |
Ryan, Edna, - 1904-1997 - Interviews.
| Older people - New South Wales - Biography.
| Socialists - New South Wales - Social conditions - 1901-1945.
| Women - New South Wales - Social conditions - 1901-1945.
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| Other Authors |
Taksa, Lucy
| 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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| Related records |
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| Details | Collect From | |
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| ORAL TRC 2301/156 Copy: Recording |
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History) |
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| ORAL TRC 2301/156 (transcript) Copy: Transcript |
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History) |
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