Diane Singh interviewed by Nicole Curby in the Australian generations oral history project
- Bib ID:
- 6252062
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Singh, Diane, 1946-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 2012
- 6 sound files (approximately 310 min.)
- Series:
- Australian generations oral history project.
- Summary:
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Diane Singh, a descendent of Yorta Yorta, Wemba Wemba, Wiradjuri and Tungerong of the Kulin Nations, part of the Builders generation, talks about her mother and father; her extended family and their history; her childhood at different missions in New South Wales and Victoria; dreamtime stories; Aboriginal culture; oral traditions; her schooling and her education; Echuca community; racism and discrimination; Aboriginal dispossession; orphanages and adoption; family separation; her siblings; family reunions; parenting; growing up at Broadmeadows, Melbourne; immigration; Broadmeadows community; religion; finances; Wesleyan Methodist Church; Aboriginal leadership; Stolen Generation; celebrations within the community; childhood memories; Moral Re-Armament; her career as a nurse for 30 years; Bill Onus, father of Lin Onus; Marg Tucker; meeting her husband; their marriage and their children; parenting; her husband's family; mature age education, Deakin University; her cadetship at Department of Employment, Education and Youth Affairs, Indigenous Strategies Branch; social mobility; technological changes throughout her life; the music of her generation; politics; her role models and influences; her role as an elder in residence at Monash University; genealogy; the importance of education; her life review; the impact of Aboriginal elders on her life.
- Notes:
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- Catalogue record generated as part of a batch load.
- Recorded on 13 and 19 June 2012 in Melbourne, Victoria.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (28 pages) and time coded transcript available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Curby, Nicole, 1983-, 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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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2012
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