At four years of age Dolly Stainer was admitted to Kew Cottages, an institution for the intellectually disabled situated in suburban Melbourne. The Cottages were Dolly's home for the next seventy-five years. Dolly was unable to read or write but she like to talk. In her old age she co-operated in the making of a series of tape recordings about her life. Kew Cottages: The World of Dolly Stainer is based on these recordings and places them in the context of the wider Cottages' history.This is a rare record of a resident of Kew Cottages, recorded in 1987, captured in an oral history interview.Oral History record. Interview on cassette, later digitised of an interview with Ms Dolly Stainer, a long term resident of Kew Cottages. The early parts of the tape are difficult to hear clearly but the interviewer and interviewee are clearer as the audio file progresses. kew cottages (kew, vic.), mental health, oral history, cliff judge collection, dolly stainer

Gerard Menses, Vision Australia's CEO, discusses the movement of Vision Australia (formerly Vision QLD and RBFQ) from Kent Street to Coorparoo.1 wmv file audio recording on hard drivevision australia, gerard menses, coorparoo

Karen Knight, Regional Manager for QLD/NT for Independent Living Services at Vision Australia, talks about she became blind and her journey through life including the move to the new office at Coorparoo.1 wmv file audio recording on hard drivevision australia, karen knight, coorparoo, oral history

Sean Quinn, who is a Vision Australia client, talks about he became blind and his journey through life including the move to the new office at Coorparoo.1 wmv file audio recording on hard drivevision australia, sean quinn, coorparoo, oral history

The Distillery at Neilborough was owned and operated by brothers Percy and Ron Hooper of Raywood (both now deceased). They allowed students from the Whipstick Environment Centre to visit.Eucalyptus Oil Production in the Whipstick - a slideshow compiled from 52 slides and an audio file - produced by John Lindrer, Bendigo, Departmentment of Special Services, Education Department. The slides and audio were used at schools around Bendigo from 1980 to 1992; also at the Whipstick Environment Centre. The slideshow depicts the methodology of eucalyptus harvesting and oil extraction which is now superceded. history, bendigo, whipstick, whipstick environment centre, ray hooper, percy hooper, neilborough, raywood, eucalyptus, eucalyptus oil, eucalyptus distillery

Merv Mathews, who works at Vision Australia, talks about he became blind and his journey through life including the move to the new office at Coorparoo.1 wmv file of audio recording on hard drivevision australia, merv mathews, coorparoo, oral history

Photos saved as .jpg filevietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives

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These papers document Pat Grainger's involvement with the many facets of campaigning against the Sandridge City Development Company Bayside Project. Files & indexed by J Bolitho.Pat Grainger Archive - Bayside Development, Resident Action Group - Public Action Campaigner. Archival box containing audio tape & tape log. Individual manilla folders for the following years & subjects; 1987, Organisational submissions to ESS Sept 1987-Feb 1988, personal file retained from ESS Sept 1987 - Feb 1988. 1988, Friends of the Park 1988 - 1999. 1989 - 1994, Clarendon Street Bridge Light Raillink Advisory Committee.public action campaigns, local government - city of port melbourne, town planning - proposals shelved - bayside, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, pat grainger

DVD. Marriage and Children of the 1900s. Wave file.

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File No.295-DAY-44 .Stock No.2B1630V. With Instruction Sheet. Manufactured by Shure Brothers Chicago U.S.A.

In 2005 Michele Matthews interviewed current and former residents of Bendigo for her thesis on the 1930s Depression as part of her PhD Research, with the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts, History Department. Michele interviewed fifteen members of prominent Bendigonian families. The thesis was titled: "How Depressing?: The impact of the Great Depression on Bendigo and District 1925-1935". The Michele Matthews Collection contains fourteen audio cassette tape recordings and one written transcript. The tapes are each approximately one hour and 45 minutes duration. The questions presented to the interviewees explore everyday experiences they would have lived through at the time of the Depression. The questions covered sixteen relevant subjects: • Introduction and housing • Social activities, swimming, cinemas, school and games played with friends • Organizations such as the RSL, Relief Committees etc. and any effect they had on family life • The life of the single woman • Unemployment and Employment • Government Assistance • Charities Aid • Self-help • People Power, e.g. boycotts or protests • Politics • Trouble or crime • Family Health, Medical and Diet • Education • General memories of, and hardships encountered, during the DepressionAudio tape interview with Frank Crawford. Crawford's Shoe Shop business was on the corner of Bull and Hargreaves Streets, opposite the Bendigo Town Hall. Two audio tapes with length of one hour and 45 minutes, with eleven pages of handwritten notes of the interview. Frank was born in 1915, his parents were a bricklayer and a dressmaker. He attended St Liborius Catholic Primary School in Eaglehawk from 1920 to 1928. The tape has been converted to a sound file. The 90 minute interview can be listened to; and the notes viewed at the Bendigo Historical Society. By appointment only.history, bendigo, michele matthews collection, frank crawford bendigo, crawford's shoe shop bendigo, 1930s depression tapes