Val Murphy interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1297587
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Murphy, Val, 1946-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1995
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 19 min.) : analog, mono.
- Series:
- Women of the land oral history project
- Summary:
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Murphy, a farmer, speaks of her upbringing on a dairy farm and later married a potato farmer, her family, running a potato farm, breeding first-cross merino ewes, lamb production, working at the Melbourne Show, food festivals, organising different types of dishes with potatoes, potato marketing and potatoes seen as a medicinal remedy.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of 33 interviews with rural women for the book "Women of the land".
- Project conducted in association with the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
- Has accompanying photograph.
- Recorded at Trafalgar, Victoria on Wednesday 5 April 1995.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 12 leaves.)
- Subject:
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- Murphy, Val, 1946- -- Interviews
- Royal Melbourne Show
- Rural women -- Australia -- Interviews
- Rural women -- Australia -- Social conditions
- Women in agriculture -- Australia
- Merino sheep -- Breeding
- Sheep -- Breeding -- Victoria
- Potatoes -- Breeding -- Victoria -- Trafalgar
- Potatoes -- Victoria -- Marketing
- Trafalgar (Vic.) -- Biography
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- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Women of the land oral history project.
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- Until 2065 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1995
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