Ruth Wheeler interviewed by Matthew Higgins for the Tharwa oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2258384
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Wheeler, Ruth, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 25 June 1993
- 3 sound tape reels (ca. 76 min.) : 7 1/2 ips. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Tharwa oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mrs Wheeler speaks about moving to Tharwa; having her children at Canberra Community Hospital; her children's education at Tharwa; Dick Hopman; Junior Farmers; P&C meetings; sports days; her children's attending high school in Canberra; school bus to and from Canberra; running the post office and switch board; mail run; water supply; lighting and washing without electricity; ice chest; shopping; ambulance service; floods; the sandwash; bands; tennis; the impact of the land resumptions; encroachment of Canberra on Tharwa; advantages for children of living in Tharwa; snow on Christmas day; duststorms; school grounds and building; homework; discipline.
- Biography/History:
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Mrs Wheeler was a resident of Tharwa village from 1930s-1970s.
- Notes:
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- Part of a project undertaken by the Tharwa Primary School in conjunction with the National Library of Australia.
- Recorded in Canberra.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Higgins, Matthew, 1957-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Tharwa oral history project.
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- Until 2063 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1993
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