Aileen Garry interviewed by Seamus O'Hanlon in the Australian generations oral history project
- Bib ID:
- 6252052
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Garry, Aileen, 1951-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2012
- 2 sound files (approximately 196 min.)
- Series:
- Australian generations oral history project.
- Summary:
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Aileen Garry, born Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, speaks about her childhood; her parents and siblings; family history; her schooling; poverty; religion; rural life; farming; education in rural communities; family relationships; nursing training at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital; her career; meeting her husband; her marriage; migrating to Australia in 1987; first six months in Tasmania then moving to Melbourne; her children; the effects of globalisation in Ireland and Australia; working at Dandenong Hospital; life in Dandenong; adjusting to Australia’s weather; Australian Bicentennial celebrations; multiculturalism; community life; family relationships; Irish expats; childcare; the changing technology; her children’s education; her husband’s career; Catholicism; their social life; nurses strikes in Victoria in the late 1980s; unionism; Black Friday; her retirement; health and healthcare; computerisation in the work environment; parenting; her sons’ careers and their marriages; her husband; motherhood; Australian Football League; becoming a grandmother; looking after her grandchildren; home ownership; ageing; travelling; rural life vs. city life; playing golf; her brother’s health; her plans for the present and future.
- Notes:
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- Catalogue record generated as part of a batch load.
- Recorded on 30 May and 4 June 2012 in Melbourne, Victoria.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (15 pages)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Nurses
- Other authors/contributors:
- O'Hanlon, Seamus, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian generations oral history project.
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- Until 2082 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2012
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