Susan Lees interviewed by John Bannister in the Australian generations oral history project
- Bib ID:
- 6252041
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Lees, Susan, 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 (approximately 198 min.)
- Series:
- Australian generations oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Susan Lees talks of her background and childhood; her extended family and her father's military career; the importance of teaching; religion; living in Port Moresby, PNG; army barracks school; Kokoda; returning to Australia with her family; her education; her interests; being a funeral celebrant; being Australian; family life; volunteering; her time at the teachers college; leaving home; studying at university; meeting her husband; politics; the dismissal of Gough Whitlam; her career as a teacher; her marriage; her children; the Salvation Army church; finances; materialism; health; her placements as a teacher in WA; communities of past and present; meeting Julia Gillard; technology; refugees and migration; her outlook on the future; her life experience.
- Notes:
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- Catalogue record generated as part of a batch load.
- Recorded on 18 and 19 April 2012 in Perth, Western Australia.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 pages).
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Teachers
- 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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- Reason for copyright status:
- 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- Unpublished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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