Fay Marles interviewed by Rosemary Francis in the Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5747267
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Marles, Fay, 1926-, interviewee
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- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 2 sound files (ca. 183 min.)
- Series:
- Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project.
- Summary:
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Fay Marles speaks about choosing social work as a career; her education; working as a social worker in Queensland; returning to Melbourne when her mother became ill; social work in Melbourne; leadership; marriage and family life; how childbearing and rearing interrupted her career; the role of Housemaster's wife at Geelong Grammar; her children’s education; working as a Red Cross representative in Geelong; returning to social work in Melbourne when her husband Don was Principal of Trinity Grammar School; her consultancy firm, Fay Marles and Associates; her role as Equal Opportunity Commissioner for Victoria; retirement; being Chancellor of the University of Melbourne; mentoring women; her role as Deputy Chancellor of University of Melbourne; the influence of her parents and the Methodist religion; staff management; equal pay; the importance of fairness and honesty; her relationship with the Indigenous community as Deputy Chancellor and Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 19 and 27 October 2011 in Melbourne, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 pages)
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Francis, Rosemary, interviewer
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This belongs to the Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project.
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