Georgina Hammersley interviewed by John Bannister in the Australian generations oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 6190852
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hammersley, Georgina, 1930-, 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
- 2 sound files (approximately 150 min.)
- Series:
- Australian generations oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Georgina Hammersley born in Adelaide, talks about her family background and memories of childhood; schooling; foster parents; Underwood Business College; money was hard earned; sense of belonging; grandparents; intergenerational families; women staying at home and looking after children; childhood activities; WWII; Darwin bombing; American soldiers; radio; the war spirit; knitting socks; Coolgardie safes, ice chests; suppliers coming to the door; sense of community; marriage and putting money on the mortgage; Holden cars; her first job at the University of Western Australia; religion; the golden period for Perth during the 1950s and 1960s; the Edgar Eric Cooke murders; immigration and new Australians; the White Australia policy; the global village; Aborigines, flora and fauna; her memories of the 1960s, Rock n Roll and the swinging 60s; beatniks; television; the family car; the culture and the Bodgies and Widgies; Surfies; decimal currency in 1966; Harold Holt disappearance; Gough Whitlam; Vietnam and East Timor; women's place in society; Germaine Greer and her writing; women's liberation; John Kerr; royalty; husband Ric's career and career change; experiences in Sydney; Perth and the drug culture; the setting up of Cyrenian House, Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Service; the death of her daughter and husband; the impact of television, advertising, consumerism, gadgets, mobile phones, iPhones and technology; stem cell research; the mining boom, the fly in fly out system; parenting today; her memories of 9/11; the arrogance of Winston Churchill against John Curtin; the consequences of global warming; Julia Gillard; Rudd's apology to Indigenous Australians; doing alternative medicine, Reiki and reflexology; Buddhism; her hopes for the future and one nation.
- Notes:
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- Catalogue record generated as part of a batch load.
- Recorded on 3, 5 January 2012 in Mosman Park, W.A.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bannister, John (William John Egerton), 1967-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian generations oral history project.
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- Until 2082 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2012
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