Barbara Marks interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2819898
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Marks, Barbara, 1931-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1995
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 55 min.) : analog, mono.
- Series:
- Women of the land oral history project.
- Summary:
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Marks, farmer and grazier, speaks of her childhood, her family, her life as a farmer, breeding sheep, education of her children, shearing the sheep, death of her husband, hardship on the farm, refusal from the bank to lend money, getting rid of breeding sheep and getting involved in shearing, running the farm and attending agricultural meetings, School of Distance Education, being a mother and a teacher at the same time, winning the Queensland Rural Woman Award and the vital role of ABC television for farmers.
- 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 Brisbane, Qld. on Monday 13 March 1995.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 26 leaves.)
- Subject:
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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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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1995
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