Pauline Gordon interviewed by Inge Riebe in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2167442
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Gordon, Pauline, 1935-2018, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1988 Mar. 3
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 31 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Pauline Gordon, an Aboriginal woman who grew up in Grafton and was sent to Bomaderry Home and Cootamundra Girls' home, speaks of memories of life during the Depression; family homes; her father Jack Patten, who was an early Aboriginal activist, his involvement with the Aboriginal cause; her family background; father's employment; memories of father; childhood memories; family discipline; being taken by the Welfare Board to Bomaderry, memories of leaving mother, school memories; the Aboriginal community and its ways; Aboriginal language; rights her father fought for; work of Aboriginal Protection Board; experiences at Bomaderry home, lifestyle, discipline, punishment; feelings on being separated from family; attitudes forced on children in the home; Aboriginal employment; racism and prejudice; realising she was different; looking for work; her employment experiences; father's involvement in war; treatment of Aboriginal people in Sydney.
- 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).
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available: 2 v. (20 p., 20 p.).
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This belongs to the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1988
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