John Wark interviewed by Lucy Taksa in the N.S.W Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 566543
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Wark, John, 1902-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1987 Mar. 31
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 30 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- N.S.W. Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born at Dubbo, N.S.W., Wark speaks briefly of death of mother and being taken to live with grandparents near Nowra; parents' background; education; employment on railways; marriage; clerical employment on railways; church; returning to live with father at age 14; 1917 strike; railway periodicals, newspapers read; railway test; moving to Sydney; lifestyle; celebrations; poetry and reading; work and conditions on railways.
- Notes:
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- Interview begins 5 minutes into tape, recording quality is poor.
- Recorded by the N.S.W. Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (N.S.W.).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216184489
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available.
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This belongs to the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1893
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