Maggie Beer interviewed by Rob Linn in the Mortlock Library collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5680925
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Beer, Maggie, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 3 sound files (ca. 162 min.)
- Series:
- Mortlock Library collection.
- Summary:
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Maggie Beer speaks of her parents, domestic life and work, cooking, her siblings and social life; her journey into family history on Who Do You Think You Are?; formal education; employment; relationships; New Zealand; travels to England, life in Italy; various jobs in the UK; life in Libya; journeys in Egypt; time in Scotland; return to Australia; her employment at Bankstown Aerodrome and event organisation; working at ski chalets at Mount Buller; meeting Colin Beer and marriage in 1970; her female mentors and their influence on her life and career; Barossa Valley; South Australian Institute of Technology; the origins of Pheasant Farm; viticulture; memories of the Barossa, 1970s; the self-sufficient life in the Barossa, funding for business; establishing the Pheasant Farm, restaurant and farm shop; winning the Gourmet Traveller award; running a vineyard; verjuice; becoming a writer and food media identity; her involvement with Barossa Music Festival; Tony Love, Nigel Hopkins and Stephanie Alexander; commercial side of life and family, daughters; work ethic; being a grandparent; The Cook and the Chef; Senior Australian of the Year; Kitchen Garden Foundation; Meals on Wheels; overall progression of her life, significant moments; the centrality of food to her existence.
- Notes:
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- Interview conducted in association with the National Library of Australia and J.D. Somerville Oral History Collection, Mortlock Library of South Australiana.
- Recorded on 23 May 2011 in Vine Vale, S. Aust.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
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- Timed summary (5 p.)
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- Creation date:
- 2011
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