Tim Torrens and co-worker interviewed by Inge Riebe and Karen Moon ; and, Gail, Jo and Sam interviewed by Karen Moon, Nerida Dempster and Kathleen Rowsell in the Cultural context of unemployment oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1926877
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Torrens, Tim, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Restricted access.
- Description:
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- 1985-1986
- 2 audioreels (ca. 264 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Cultural context of unemployment oral history project.
- Summary:
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Tim Torrens an Aboriginal community health worker, speaks of welfare and charities in Casino; users and their problems; the help he gives; problems with Dept. of Youth and Community Services; emergency relief funding. When speaking with his co-worker Torrens speaks of need for more relief funding; alternatives for users; families trying to cope especially at Christmas time; plight of users; what charity handouts are used for.
Gail, Jo and Sam speak of feelings of poverty; lifestyles; experiences at various charities; coping with children on a low income; Dept. of Youth and Community Services; Christmas on a low income; how children cope and adapt to poverty; support of each other; finances; opinions of their situations.
- 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 Casino/Wollongong Women's Project of the Cultural Context of Unemployment Project, a CEP Program administered by the National Library of Australia.
- Tim Torrens recorded on 18 December 1985 and February 1986 in Casino, N.S.W.
- Gail, Jo and Sam recorded on 12 December 1985 in Casino, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 50 leaves) available.
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This belongs to the Cultural context of unemployment oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 1986
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