Jean Pringle interviewed by Carolyn Rasmussen in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5747429
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Pringle, Jean, 1940-, interviewee
- 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. 93 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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Jean Pringle talks about: her early childhood; her mother; placement in a National Home orphanage in Old Orsford near Birmingham (aged 5) with her brother and sister (twins aged 7); poverty; neglect; school's awareness of their situation; orphanage conditions; schooling; separation from siblings; the war years; absent father; recruitment of child migrants (1950); ignorance of Australia; move to Alverstoke, Southhampton; preparation for embarkation and new life; destinations of other children; brother's adoption; lack of skills limited life choices of orphans; trip to Australia, Sister Molly; National Home, Cheltenham; newspaper interest in their arrival; friendships; Tony Pugsley; poor standard of schooling; sister's poor health; sibling relationships; psychological damage; emotional neglect; abandonment; Orana, Peace Memorial Homes for Children, Burwood (aged 15); living conditions; lack of privacy; Rev. Keith Mathieson; corporal punishment; Malvern Girls' High School; treatment as "home" kids; low self-esteem; sister working in Portland; present day Birmingham home; supervision and Government provisions; Orana supervisor Miss Lucas; Moreland Hall, Brunswick; employment at Myer and Kodak; boarding in Coburg and Hawthorn; sister's marriage; Joan Kerry; holidays in Bendigo; marriage to Howard Pringle; impact on parenting ability; recent return; identity; family relationships; sport; career in home care with Moreland Council; financial difficulties; religion; submission to Royal Commission on Forgotten Australian and Child Migrants; desire for recognition and reconciliation and healing.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 9 November 2011 in Fawkner, Vic.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Rasmussen, Carolyn, 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 2061 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1991
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