Dot Thompson interviewed by Wendy Lowenstein for the Wendy Lowenstein 1930's Depression collection
- Bib ID:
- 6298430
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Thompson, Dot, 1914-2001, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1974
- 1 sound tape reel (approximately 65 min.) : analog
- Series:
- Wendy Lowenstein 1930's Depression collection.
- Summary:
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Dot Thompson speaks about her childhood in Tasmania; her brothers; her role as a nursery maid in Tasmania and in Melbourne, Victoria; her interest in politics; working at 3AK Radio; women living alone in the 1930s; her jobs and her observations during the Depression; WWII; Collingwood Town Hall; New Theatre; Communist Party of Australia; 1930s development in theatrical method.
- Biography/History:
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Dot Thompson was an ex-teacher, nursery maid and governess. She formed Melbourne's New Theatre League.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 23 April 1974.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214964609
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 pages)
- Subject:
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- Thompson, Dot, 1914-2001 -- Interviews
- Executives -- Australia -- Interviews
- Teachers -- Australia -- Interviews
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Personal narratives
- Theaters -- Australia -- History
- Theaters -- Victoria -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Personal narratives
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This belongs to the Wendy Lowenstein 1930's Depression collection.
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- Until 2044 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1974
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