Eunice Robinson interviewed by Inge Riebe in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2168681
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Robinson, Eunice, 1920?-1999, interviewee
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- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1988 Feb. 29
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 125 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Brought up on old Tabulam Aboriginal Reserve, Robinson speaks of government policy for separating Aboriginal twins at birth and the separation of her twins ; her family life when young ; family recreation ; grandparents ; looking after her sisters and brothers ; childhood games ; school memories ; bush food ; starting fires for cooking ; floods at Tabulam ; employment as a cleaner, the chores, cooking ; living conditions on reserve, transport ; employment at Tabulam Hotel ; food and supplies from travelling salesman ; corroborees ; memories of Aboriginal burials ; Aboriginal beliefs and customs ; her mother ; her husband ; his employment in the asbestos mines, experiences eloping, their courtship and Aboriginal rules ; moving to Baryulgil with husband and having children ; lifestyle ; extended family ; the Aboriginal community and changes to it ; local superstition ; her father ; dealings with whites.
- Notes:
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW).
- Recorded on 29 February 1988.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available: 2 v. (37 p., 17 p.).
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1988
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