Roy Reid and Mrs Reid, Mr A. J. Walmsley, Phil Hardy, Ray Gruber, Michael Darmody and Kay Morrison interviewed by Bert Sheedy in the Bert Sheedy and Marj Sheedy oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1908864
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Reid, Roy, 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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- 1971
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 121 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track, mono ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Bert Sheedy and Marj Sheedy oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording of Roy Reid speaks of local properties in the Gundaroo district and those he worked on; local families and their background; churches and clergy; a local ghost; his lifestyle when young; daughter's wedding in Gundaroo, the Casey family roads, schools in district; local Aboriginal findings; bullocks; early times in the Tallanganda district; fire at local school and people drowned in a local creek; Mrs Reid speaks of her family background, locals and local happenings.
Folkloric recording of Mr A. J. Walmsley speaks of family farms and blocks in Gundaroo district; locals; discussion around a county map he is looking at; Glencoe property; schools; local families; old roads and by-ways; stories of Aborigines on Spring Range; gold in local area; his first car; entertainment and moving pictures in Yass area; first radio; local stories; a prize fight; fence posts and fencing.
Folkloric recording of Phil Hardy speaks of his family's property at Sutton; the Darmondy family; his father James, the history of Glenrock property; local properties and their owners; discussion of district whilst looking at a county map.
Folkloric recording of Ray Gruber speaks of his family background; his schooling and early life in the Gundaroo district; locals and local families; lifestyle; Gundaroo in the 1920s and 1930s; local creeks; Millport property; who owned what property; discussion over a parish map.
Folkloric recording of Michael Darmody speaks of his father moving from Majura to Sutton; land owned by the family; his family background; schooling; who owned local properties; his family history; land owned by the family in 1971; locals; schools in the area; discussion over parish map.
Folkloric recording of Kay Morrison speaks of her family background and history; family in Sutton district; Brownlow family and story of murdered man; local families; Cartwright family; ghosts in Gundaroo district; family stories.
- Full contents:
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- REEL, SIDE 1:
- Mr and Mrs Roy Reid (interview)
- Mr A.J. Walmsley (interview)
- Phil Hardy (interview)
- REEL, SIDE 2:
- Phil Hardy (interview continued)
- Ray Gruber (interview)
- Michael Darmody (interview)
- Kay Morrison (interview)
- Notes:
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- A collection of interviews collected by Bert and Marj Sheedy concerning the history of the Canberra district and its people.
- Recording of Mr A. J. Walmsley begins 18 minutes into reel, side 1; Recording of Phil Hardy begins 53 minutes into reel, side 1 and continues on side 2; Recording of Ray Gruber begins 1 minute into tape, side 2; Recording of Michel Darmody begins 22 minutes into reel, side 2; Recording of Kay Morrisn begins 37 minutes into reel, side 2.
- Bert Sheedy is accompanied by a second interviewer, possibly Erroll Lea-Scarlett.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-200773502
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available.
- Subject:
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- Reid, Roy -- Interviews
- Reid, Mrs -- Interviews
- Walmsley, A. J -- Interviews
- Hardy, Phil -- Interviews
- Gruber, Ray -- Interviews
- Gruber family
- Darmody, Michael -- Interviews
- Darmody family
- Morrison, Kay -- Interviews
- Gundaroo Region (N.S.W.) -- Genealogy
- Gundaroo Region (N.S.W.) -- History
- Gundaroo Region (N.S.W.) -- Rural conditions
- Sutton Region (N.S.W.) -- Genealogy
- Sutton Region (N.S.W.) -- History
- Sutton Region (N.S.W.) -- Rural conditions
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