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Edith Purcell interviewed by Edward Stokes in the Broken Hill social history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 672526
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline [sound recording]
Author
Purcell, Edith, 1906-, Interviewee
 
Online Versions
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1982 May 12 - May 13 
2 sound cassettes (ca. 80 min.) 
Series

Broken Hill social history project.

Summary

Purcell speaks of her personal background; father's employment; travelling outback; her family; school memories; employment; town of Silverton near Broken Hill; dust storms; local picnics; the Turks incident; Silverton community.

Notes

Partially transcribed.

Recorded for: United we stand : impressions of Broken Hill 1908-1910 /­ by Edward Stokes.

Recorded at Broken Hill, New South Wales, on May 12 and May 13 1988.

Also available online via the Internet at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.oh-vn672526

Index/Finding Aid Note Timed summary (5 p.) 
Subjects Purcell, Edith, - 1906- - Interviews.  |  Women - New South Wales - Broken Hill - Biography.  |  Broken Hill district (N.S.W.) - Social conditions - 1901-1945.  |  Broken Hill district (N.S.W.) - History.  |  Broken Hill district (N.S.W.) - Social life and customs.
Other authors/contributors Stokes, Edward, 1948-, Interviewer  |  Stokes, Edward, 1948- United we stand : impressions of Broken Hill, 1908-1910, recollections and photographs from the period Stokes, Edward, 1948- United we stand : impressions of Broken Hill, 1908-1910, recollections and photographs from the period

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ORAL TRC 1873/60-61
Copy: Recording
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
ORAL TRC 1873/60-61 (summary)
Copy: Summary
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)

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