Joe Marlow interviewed by Madonna Grehan for the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5981820
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Marlow, Joseph A., 1927-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2012
- 9 sound files (ca. 698 min.)
- Series:
- Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Joe Marlow speaks about his Yugoslav parents' history; living in poverty; his parents' relationship; visiting Yugoslavia aged five; learning he was Yugoslav, not Italian at fourteen; why his name and date of birth were changed by the Sisters of Nazareth; his placement into care; St Joseph's Home in Surrey Hills; St Vincent de Paul's Orphanage; St Joseph's Home in Sebastopol; bullying; abuse; the Sisters of Nazareth; his education; his mother's visits; daily work at St Joseph's and holiday work; punishment; becoming an atheist; record keeping at St Joseph's; his high school scholarship; his love of reading; becoming a pupil at St Patrick's College; healthcare at the orphanage; orphanage life; his philosophy on life; trying to find his mother after leaving the orphanage; teacher training at the University of Melbourne; his relationship with the police at Prahran Station; his efforts as a teacher to stop bullying; the orphanage band; the importance of Good Samaritans in his life; Sister Agatha; his mother's gift of a camera and the photographs he took at the orphanage; his books, "The Nazareth connection" and "One hundred brothers"; religion; St Joseph's Orphanage Old Boys Association and reunions; attending Melbourne University; working as vice-principal to Turana Youth Training Centre; working as a principal at Sunvale Primary School and Cheltenham Primary.
Marlow discusses his role as the Welfare Officer for the St Joseph's Old Boys Association; the welfare and pastoral roles in his teaching positions; his marriage and four children; his first house; learning about his mother's life; his association with unionism; teaching adult migrants; learning to be a parent; representing Australia at World Games and Paralympics; teaching bridge after retirement; working as a Bail Justice; his forty-seven appearances on television quiz and game shows; his volunteer roles in life-saving clubs and in hospitals speaking to new amputees; receiving an Order of Australia Medal for his service to disabled people; doing a tandem parachute jump as President of Victorian Amputees Association; his love of travel; his motivation for pursuing reconciliation and compensation from the Sisters of Nazareth; The National Apology to Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants; balancing forgetting and remembering and shared memories at reunions; his feeling about his mother's return overseas and her death; the love received from and given to his family.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 28 and 30 May 2012 and 4 June 2012 in Hampton East, Vic.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (23 p.)
- Subject:
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- Marlow, Joseph A., 1927- -- Interviews
- St Joseph's Home for Boys (Surrey Hills, Vic.)
- St Joseph's Home (Sebastopol, Vic.)
- St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage (South Melbourne, Vic.)
- National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants (16 Nov. 2009 : Canberra)
- Paralympic Games
- Orphanages -- Victoria -- Psychological aspects
- Children -- Institutional care -- Victoria -- History
- School principals -- Victoria -- Interviews
- Athletes with disabilities -- Australia -- Interviews
- Authors, Australian -- Interviews
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Grehan, Madonna, interviewer
- Related Records:
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2012
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