Meg Dunn interviewed by Frank Heimans in the Australian generations oral history project
- Bib ID:
- 6252051
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Dunn, Meg, 1955-, 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
- 5 sound files (approximately 253 min.)
- Series:
- Australian generations oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Meg Dunn, born in Mudgee; talks about her childhood; the farm at Bylong Valley; her parents' family history; her relationship with her mother; her brother; family roles; indigenous seasonal workers; attitudes of country people; being twice married; her relationship with her step-children; religion; the diet of her youth; health; the changing physical environment; coal seam gas; her family's attitudes to conservation of natural resources; her present-day leisure activities; her cultural interests; volunteering; studying Diploma of Library Information; embracing the digital world; Whitlam's dismissal; her schooling; her career; gender differences in employment; her jobs in Sydney; relationships; family planning; the importance of work in her life; reactions to her career path; travel and mobility; change in gender roles; the Baby Boomer generation; 9/11 and its effects; personal and collective memories; feminism; the concept of ageing; development of the internet and the information revolution; her future.
- Notes:
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- Catalogue record generated as part of a batch load.
- Recorded on 11, 18 May 2012 in Sydney, N.S.W.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 pages)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Executives
- Other authors/contributors:
- Heimans, Frank, 1943-, 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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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2012
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