| Bib ID |
877505 |
| Format |
Audio, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| 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.)
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| Series |
Child migrants oral history project
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| 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.
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| Notes |
Recorded with John Harpley.
Recorded June 18, 2001 at Gunnedah, N.S.W.
User access copy made.
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| 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.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Willis, Rob, 1944- | Harpley, John, 1948-
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| Related records |
Child migrants oral history project
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