Martin Brothers interviewed by Judy Wing in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 567696
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Brothers, Martin, 1909-, 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 Aug. 7
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 150 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
- Summary:
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Born in Fort Street, Sydney, Brothers speaks of his family background; relatives; father's employment; family's Irish background; description of family home ; local community and environment; childhood memories; household chores; diet and meals childhood games; fumigating Rocks district because of bubonic plague, rats and bed bugs; entertainment, picture shows, family life; family roles; his health; local midwife; church, religion, work as an altar boy and involvement with church; Catholic schooling; experiences at boarding school; sports; employment in oil industry, working on a dairy farm on Parramatta River; working at Sydney Mint; experiences working on railways; radio; attending the railway institute, railway signals and work as a signalman; experiences working in Sydney railway network; meeting his wife and courtship; politics; trade unions; 1917 strike; Sydney docks and ships.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- 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.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216253225
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript available 3 v. (35 p., 40 p., 17 p.).
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This belongs to the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection.
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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