Grahame Kesby interviewed by Rob Willis in the Drought oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4401222
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Kesby, Grahame, 1939-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 3 sound files (ca. 164 min.)
- Series:
- Drought oral history project.
- Summary:
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Grahame Kesby, his wife Win and son Russell have lived in the Macleay Valley all their lives. Grahame Kesby discusses his life as a farmer; the drought and rise in the price of commodities for his pig raising property; the pork industry and its related problems; his interest in music and how it has helped to supplement the farm income. Win Kesby speaks about the role of women in rural areas and how the younger generation do not want to go on the land.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Bruce Cameron.
- Summary accompanied by photographs.
- Win Kesby and son Russell Kesby also contribute to this interview.
- Recorded on March 29, 2008 at Port Macquarie, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 92 leaves).
- Subject:
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- Kesby, Grahame, 1939- -- Interviews
- Kesby, Win -- Interviews
- Kesby, Russell -- Interviews
- Farmers -- New South Wales -- Macleay Valley -- Interviews
- Rural women -- New South Wales -- Macleay Valley -- Interviews
- Droughts -- New South Wales
- Farms -- New South Wales -- Macleay Valley
- Pork industry and trade -- New South Wales
- Rural conditions
- Macleay Valley (N.S.W.)
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Drought oral history project.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
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