Don Norris interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3602463
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Norris, Don, 1929-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2005
- 2 sound files (ca. 105 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Don Norris born 1929 in Echuca, Victoria, talks about his father's background; his memories of living in Watson Street; his father teaching swimming; his mother's cooking; playing games; home remedies; the town in the 1930's; Shinbone Alley; river trade on the Murray; names of boats in the 1930's; buildings along the wharf; his schooling; Echuca Technical School; leaving school; brother Jack joining the army; father in the army; father buying boat and running day trips along the Murray (1946); fragment of his family history; jobs after leaving school; delivering groceries; moving to Newport, Melbourne; Aboriginal people at the mission; his job at Moran and Cato (1950s); industry of town, Echuca (1954); condition of the wharf area at this time; father's love for the river and boats; joining Country Fire Authority (CFA) at 16 years of age; information on the CFA; comparison to the N.S.W. Fire Service; membership of the brigade; attending fires; life member of the CFA; dances in the Echuca area; old time dance at the Fire Station and the modern dance; balls held at the old Tivoli Theatre; milkman job at the age of 13 years; jobs undertaken on his return to Echuca; location of dairy; managing a dairy; working two jobs; giving up working at the dairy.
- Full contents:
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- Tells stories about: Sultanas and currants packed in wooden boxes
- delivering groceries in Benalla
- his time as a milkman.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Olya Willis.
- Accompanying material: photograph of interviewee.
- Recorded on September 29, 2005 at Echuca, Vic.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.)
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- Until 2075 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2005
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