Geraldine Box interviewed by John Bannister in the Australian generations oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 6190857
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Box, Geraldine, 1949-, 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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- 2012
- 4 sound files (ca. 257 min.)
- Series:
- Australian generations oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Geraldine Box talks about her background and family history; her memories as a child; farm life; television; the telephone; the crystal set and radio, listening to the Argonauts, Tarzan and Dad and Dave; cinemas; local community and social events; church; her education; her nursing career, options available for women; overseas travel; work as a nanny; the Vietnam War and protests; her return to Darwin, Australia; working on Thursday Island; referendum; her memories of Cyclone Tracy; The Whitlam era; Alice Springs; Rights and Equal opportunity Act (1984); activism; the 'femocrats', social mores, the glass ceiling; the female Prime Minister and Governor General; sexuality; the technology explosion; Indigenous issues; retirement and new opportunities; bike riding experiences; cultural events and the Perth festival; university work; Australia and the global village; global warming; vegetarianism; farming practices; solar energy; mining; same sex marriage; her hopes for the future; spirituality; the Witchcliffe and Prevelly fires; humanity.
- Notes:
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- Catalogue record generated as part of a batch load.
- Recorded on 17 January and 8 February 2012 in North Perth, W.A.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 138 leaves).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bannister, John (William John Egerton), 1967-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian generations oral history project.
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- Until 2082 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2012
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