Reg Hodge and Suzanne Hodge interviewed by Rob Willis for the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2114820
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hodge, Reg (Reginald Richard), 1946-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2002 Feb. 22
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 54 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Reg Hodge and Suzanne Hodge recall rural conditions in the forests and on the land.
Reg Hodge, born at Bairnsdale, Vic. recalls his family background on the land as farmers; traces his father's movement in clearing the land; leaving home at 15 years of age and the variety of jobs he had worked at in his early years on the land (dairy farm, Snowy Mountains Scheme, station hand, forestry work). Reg talks about his collection of rabbit traps and how his interest in them began; the rabbit problem, memory of seeing"the hills move"; manning fire towers as part of forestry work; how fires are tracked; propagation of native plants; environmental concerns and how the Forestry Dept. has managed these issues over the years; dingo breeding in the Alpine region; problem of feral animals in the bush; logging and farming of the land. Suzanne talks about how they coped with a disability in the family while living on the land.
- Biography/History:
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Reg Hodge - poet and forestry worker.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Olya Willis.
- Recorded on 17 February, 2002 at Corryong, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Related Material:
- Related video recording with Reg Hodge and Suzanne Hodge: located at; National Library of Australia Oral History & Indigenous Programs collection at ORAL TRC 6936/50 and ORAL TRC 6936/51.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Foresters
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
- Reginald Hodge and Suzanne Hodge interviewed by Rob Willis for the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection
- Related Records:
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- Until 2072 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2002
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