Pam Liddell interviewed by Anne Monsour in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5481563
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Liddell, Pam, 1947-, interviewer
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 1 sound file (ca. 100 min.)
- Series:
- Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Pam Liddell, born in 1947, discusses her family background; school and clothing; being sent to Turana Youth Centre, Vic.; conditions at Turana; buildings and dormitories; staff; food; medical and dental care; treatment of bed wetters; visitors; school at Turana; feelings of loneliness; good experiences; walks; Christmas; being placed in a foster home; abuse; running away; working as a housekeeper; living with bikies; being transferred to Pirra Girls Home; staff; buildings and surroundings; health care; sex education; food; enjoying her time there; school and bullying; leaving school; employments and accommodations; keeping track of her siblings through the Welfare Department; visiting her siblings in Catholic children's homes in Ballarat; conditions in those Homes; conditions at St Vincents, South Melbourne; complaining and having some siblings transferred to Camberwell; reporting abuses and the outcome of those reports; court cases regarding other abuses.
Liddell discusses marriage; completing a secretarial course; children and parenting; moving to Queensland; hardship; positive experiences with the Catholic Church; owning a house and land; obtaining her personal records; omissions in her records; the ongoing effect of childhood experiences on later life; photographs and toys; differences between government Homes and Catholic Homes; her siblings' later lives; resilience and her philosophies in life; reasons for telling her story; support groups; attending a Forgotten Australians ceremony; the Apology; reunions; her grandchildren; travel and keeping active; making her own choices about her life.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 12 July 2011 at the Gold Coast, Qld.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Times summary (11 p.) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Monsour, Anne, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
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- Until 2081 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2011
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