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Lyn Davidson interviewed by Rob Willis in the Child migrants oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 877505
Format AudioAudio
Author
Davidson, Lynette Lea, 1942-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 2001. 
2 digital audio tapes (ca. 100 min.) 
Series

Child migrants oral history project

Summary

Lynette Davidson born 1942 describes her early memories of a home in Portsmouth, England; being at various homes run by the Church of England; remembers being asked if she would like to go to Australia; embarking on SS Ormonde to Australia; life aboard the ship; arriving in Sydney, being sent to Burwood then 'Normanhurst', a Barnardo Home; the group situation in the home; sticking together at school; her memories of the home; she talks about how they were put into the workforce when they turned 15 years of age; finding a job, working for an import company; attending Technical College.

Davidson speaks about being sent to board with a family at Killara and later a boarding house; meeting her sister on a Saturday night and how Barnardo's was attempting to part the two sisters; getting a flat and how Barnardo's reacted; receiving a letter from their mother and their reaction; marrying and moving to Gunnedah; her family; story about her mother's photo; her attempts to find their English family; getting her records; her plans to go to England and how they found the family; the Child Migrant Trust; having little contact with other Barnardo children; reading 'Empty Cradles' and being deeply affected.

Notes

Recorded with John Harpley.

Recorded June 18, 2001 at Gunnedah, N.S.W.

User access copy made.

Index/Finding Aid Note Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 63 leaves) 
Subjects Davidson, Lynette Lea, - 1942- - Interviews.  |  Dr. Barnardo's in Australia - Anecdotes.  |  Immigrant children, British - Australia - Interviews.  |  Immigrant children, British - Institutional care - Australia.
Other authors/contributors Willis, Rob, 1944-  |  Harpley, John, 1948-

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