Darran McMahon interviewed by Matthew Higgins for the Tharwa oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2258404
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- McMahon, Darran, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies. Written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 26 June 1993
- 3 sound tape reels (ca. 100 min.) : 7 1/2 ips. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Tharwa oral history project.
- Summary:
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Mr McMahon speaks of his family background; Honeysuckle, Sunshine, Bushfolds selections; brumbies; heating the school; afternoon sleeps; going to Mass by tractor; the school bus; parental attitude to homework; values; discipline; maintenance of school grounds; sense of community in the area; clothes; social differences; Alec MacLaren; sports; Christmas tree; flagraising ceremony; selling raffle tickets; keeping the school open; tree planting; the fibro hut; school milk; "punch out" game; drought; horse riding; playing at the Gudgenby River; Bob Morrow's Band; dances; shopping; self sufficiency; tennis; impact of the land resumptions on Tharwa; becoming a panel beater; Dick Gregory; his father's singing.
- Biography/History:
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Mr McMahon was a student at Tharwa school in the 1960s.
- Notes:
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- Part of a project undertaken by the Tharwa Primary School in conjunction with the National Library of Australia.
- Recorded in Queanbeyan, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Higgins, Matthew, 1957-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Tharwa oral history project.
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1993
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