Barbara Tong interviewed by Matthew Higgins for the Tharwa oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2258456
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Tong, Barbara, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1993 Jun. 25
- 4 sound tape reels (ca. 112 min.) : 7 1/2 ips. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Tharwa oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mrs Tong speaks of the Thomson family history; travelling to school at Tharwa from Naas; Charlie Britt; organisation of the classroom; the open fire; Reg Higgins; extra tuition for the qualifying certificate; floodgate across Spring Creek; subjects; discipline; teachers; sewing lessons; scripture lessons; Empire Day; the Christmas tree; the library; gardens; water supply; school grounds; students; Andy Cunningham's Buick and aeroplane; trip to Mt Stromlo; Arbor Day; climbing Mt Tennent; fishing; dances; the Depression; rabbit trapping; the store; floods and the bridge; working at Lanyon Homestead; church services; Miles Franklin's visit; bushfire at Naas; running the Weetangera telephone exchange; growth of Canberra.
- Biography/History:
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Mrs Tong (nee Thomson) was a student at Tharwa school in the 1920s and 1930s.
- Notes:
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- Part of a project undertaken by the Tharwa Primary School in conjunction with the National Library of Australia.
- Recorded on 25 June 1993 in Canberra.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 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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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1993
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