Oswald Pryor interviewed by Jean Fielding [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1609882
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Pryor, Oswald, 1881-1971, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1970 August
- 8 tape reels (ca. 217 min.): 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Summary:
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Oswald Pryor about the South Australian copper mining town of Moonta, looks at old photographs and speaks about Cornish-style architecture in Moonta; his work as superintendent of the surface works at Moonta Mines; his cartoons and books; closure of the mine; the smelting works at Wallaroo; Cornish miners in Australia; the mine captains; churches in Moonta; Moonta School; where the miners went after Moonta closed; Moonta School of Mines; Mrs Fielding's family at Moonta; C. J. Dennis; his cartoons in the "Bulletin" and the "Gadfly"; Captain Hancock, mine manager at Moonta; use of horses in the mines; how the mines operated; surveying the mines; notable Moonta residents; and his family background.
- Notes:
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- Recorded in Canberra on 13, 22 and 29 August 1970.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 117 leaves).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Fielding, Jean, 1913-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Until 2040 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1970
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