Jack Scott was born in Beechworth on the 24th January 1919 into a third generation Beechworth family who had migrated from Scotland, Cornwall and Ireland during the 1860s. Also present during the oral history recording is Jack’s wife, Gwen Scott. In 1878 Jack’s grandfather established the carrier business - R. Scott Carriers. Jack’s grandfather secured a contract with the Zwar Brothers' Beechworth Tannery to transport all goods between the tannery and train station via horse and cart. Jack’s father and uncle carried on the family business, before Jack and his brother eventually joined after the Second World War. The company expanded from a single horse and cart short route to multiple trucks operating interstate routes. Prior to joining the family carrier business, Jack on leaving school started work at the tannery and served in the air force during the Second World War. When asked about the working conditions at the tannery, Jack recalls while they did have union representatives, it was not particularly effectual. The union representatives were often placated by sharing multiple whiskies with the Zwar brothers when in their offices to discuss workers’ issues. Gwen’s father also worked for the tannery for a period of time, and she enjoyed the annual picnics the tannery provided for employee families. Both Jack and Gwen’s connections to the tannery reinforces the tannery’s role as a major employer and presence in the Beechworth community. Prior to marrying Jack, Gwen worked in a range of roles including at the Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged, managing the family home when her parents both worked during the Second World War, and apprenticed with her sister as a hairdresser. Jack and Gwen provide some insight into maternal health issues in brief discussions of hospital birthing trends and awareness of contraception and family planning. Both Jack and Gwen recalled attending the open-air cinema at ‘The Rock’ in their childhoods. Gwen remembers that the ‘elites’ would sit on chairs at the front, and Gwen’s family sat on a rug at the back, while Jack would jump the fence and get in for nothing. Jack and Gwen discuss attitudes towards both Chinese Australians and Italian migrants in Beechworth. They did not notice any racism and from their perspective felt they were accepted in the town. Jack did note that Italian employees lost their jobs at the tannery during the Second World War, but believed they all stayed within the area and found stonemason and concrete work in the interim. Jack socialised with members of the Italian community and joyfully recalled attending their homes for music nights with lots of drinking and instruments being played. This oral history recording was part of a project conducted by Jennifer Williams in the year 2000 to capture the everyday life and struggles in Beechworth during the twentieth century. This project involved recording seventy oral histories on cassette tapes of local Beechworth residents which were then published in a book titled: Listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century Beechworth. These cassette tapes were digitised in July 2021 with funds made available by the Friends of the Burke. Gwen and Jack Scott’s account of their lives in Beechworth is historically and socially significant to the cultural heritage of the region. Gwen and Jack in reflecting on their everyday experiences of operating a family business, availability of work, leisure opportunities, interaction with migrants, and access to maternal health care provide essential economic, social, and healthcare insights. Gwen and Jack Scott’s oral history recording is part of a larger collection of oral histories recorded by Jennifer Williams in 2000, collectively they provide invaluable insights into Beechworth during the 20th century, much of the information in these oral histories would be lost if not documented and missed in the interpretation of tangible objects. This is a digital copy of a recording that was originally captured on a cassette tape. The cassette tape is black with a horizontal white strip and is currently stored in a clear flat plastic rectangular container. It holds up 40 minutes of recordings on each side.Mrs Gwen and Mr Jack Scott jack scott, gwen scott, r. scott carriers, scott brothers, zwar brother's beechworth tannery, zwar tannery, beechworth tannery, ovens and murray hospital for the aged, benevolent asylum, open-air cinema, the rock cinema, italians beechworth, hospital births 1920s, wang tech, wangaratta tech, nell scott, jennifer williams, oral history, listen to what they say: voices of twentieth century beechworth, tannery union

Postcards. A set of 18 colour postcards from the National Museum of Australia in Canberra showing various items and objects relating to Australia's history, manufacturing and culture. ( see list under references)cottage, miners, wool press, cobb & co, ben chifley, mutoscope, austral wash machine, herman house & co, australia 2, heidelberg unemployed bureau, sunlight soap, waterside worker's union, boomerang, spirit figures, dugout canoe, ayer's rock, bark painting, delaunay belville car, phar lap's heart

Wendy revised the book by adding a new section after the Patrick's dispute of 1998. As original plates and artwork were no longer in existence, this edition was shot dot for dot from the pages of the original edition (ref 169.01)Softcover 1998 edition, black cloth-bound with black/blue/white dust jacket titled "Under the Hook - Melbourne Waterside Workers Remember 1906 - 1998". This edition contains added 1998 material on the Patrick's lock-out dispute at Webb Dock and Swanson Dockpiers and wharves - waterside workers, depression, industrial disputes, transport - shipping, tom hills, wendy lowenstein, manny calleja, jack marotte, charlie morgan, henry briggs, mick fisher, sol green, tippo hayes, al greenwood, ernie briggs, bert king, henry hall, harry saunders, maritime union of australia, mua, george chumbley, hubbard, leigh, john higgins, mick cottrell, lenny meager, mick o'leary, gerry harant, john dickson, terry russell, leigh snelling, molly hadfield, jessie smith, dave cushion, mick ryan, matt purcell, jim mcnamara, peter keunan, paul amos, fred broch, manfred noa, john coombs, greg combet, patrick stevedores, peter reith

Taken at Waterside Workers' commemoration for Tom Hills (Union Headquarters), and afterward at the Town Hall, where a wreath was hung below his citizen of the year plaque in the foyer.Number 3 of a set of 6 photos: Wreath sent by City of Port Phillip, hung under Tom Hills name on Citizen of the Year plaque in foyer of Port Melbourne Town Hall.tom hills, port melbourne town hall, piers and wharves - waterside workers

Taken at Waterside Workers' commemoration for Tom HILLS (Union Headquarters), and afterward at the Town Hall, where a wreath was hung below his citizen of the year plaque in the foyer.Number 4 of a set of 6 photos: Wreath plus note added by Perce WHITE, for wharfie Tom HILLS, Town Hall foyerport melbourne town hall, piers and wharves - waterside workers, perce mcguire white, perce white, tom hills

Taken at Waterside Workers' commemoration for Tom Hills (Union Headquarters), and afterward at the Town Hall, where a wreath was hung below his citizen of the year plaque in the foyer.Number 5 of a set of 6 photos: Town Hall with Port Melbourne flag at half mast for Tom Hillsport melbourne town hall, piers and wharves - waterside workers, tom hills

Taken at Waterside Workers' commemoration for Tom HILLS (Union Headquarters), and afterward at the Town Hall, where a wreath was hung below his citizen of the year plaque in the foyer.Number 6 of a set of 6 photos: Perce WHITE, Werner and Wendy LOWENSTEIN, Pat GRAINGER, June and 'Doc' WOOD, following Tom HILLS' wake, May 1995port melbourne town hall, piers and wharves - waterside workers, tom hills, june wood, leo 'doc' wood, perce mcguire white, perce white, wendy lowenstein, werner lowenstein, pat grainger

"Waterfront Re-Structure - A calculated attack by Capital on Labor" Article written late 1980s and authorized by H Bocquet and G Stauntonpiers and wharves - waterside workers, societies clubs unions and other organisations, public action campaigns, australian labor party, alp, actu, h bocquet, g staunton, beris campbell

The two student editors of Farrago 1998 had worked with Wendy Lowenstein on editing the book Únder the Hook'. Wendy presented this as the last edition of Farago to be produced.'Únder the Hook, Melbourne Waterside Workers Remember' by Wendy Lowenstein; article in the final edition of Farrago, 1998, pp28-29 with photographs by Luis Ascuiindustrial disputes, piers and wharves - waterside workers, wendy lowenstein

The two student editors of Farago 1998 worked with Wendy Lowenstein on editing Únder the Hook'. Wendy presented this as the last edition of Farrago to be produced.'M.U.A. here to stay' by Tess Lee Ack in final edition of Farrago, 1998, p30 with photographs by Luis Ascuiindustrial disputes, piers and wharves - waterside workers, wendy lowenstein

Researched, written and designed by member Pat GRAINGER as a fundraiser for PMH&PS. Production volume: 675 copies2011 PMHPS calendar ; Historic Port Melbourne - Borough People. Cover photo is Benjamin BOLTON, Grocer All following years calendars also recorded against cat no 1864societies clubs unions and other organisations, families, transport - tramways, religion - baptist church, business and traders, domestic life, public action campaigns, sport - australian rules football, local government - city of port melbourne, workers, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, port melbourne historical & preservation society, pmhps, charles s dillon, the settlement, excelsior hall, jack gould, poolman street, cruikshank street, education - sunday schools, benjamin bolton, beach street, tommy lahiff, bob skilton jnr, hester reserve, piers and wharves - waterside workers, port melbourne town hall

Newspaper cutting from the Emerald Hill, Sandridge and St Kilda Times of 23 November 1989. Top article about gentrification of Port Melbourne. Main article - photo of two ex wharfies and an ex gasworks employee who lived and worked in Port Melbournesocieties clubs unions and other organisations, workers, piers and wharves, built environment, fishermans bend, syd ware, ern birch, vince kerr, wilbraham frederick evelyn liardet, wfe liardet, abel tasman, waterside workers federation

The Mathews family have been in continuous ownership of 395 Howe Parade (was 8 Howe Parade until 1964 when addresses re-assigned), Port Melbourne from 1938 to the present (Sept 2019)Six folders of assorted documents relating to the life of Alan Mathews and his family. Employment documents. Alan commenced work with CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation on 27/4/1953. Documents related to Union. The Sheet Metal Working Union; Victorian Branch notification of meeting. Member #M2737industry, workers, alan mathews, commonwealth aircraft corporation, cac

The Mathews family have been in continuous ownership of 395 Howe Parade (was 8 Howe Parade until 1964 when addresses re-assigned), Port Melbourne from 1938 to the present (Sept 2019)Six folders of assorted documents relating to the life of Alan Mathews and his family. Employment documents. Alan commenced work with CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation on 27/4/1953. Documents related to Union. Membership card number #3108428industry, workers, societies clubs unions and other organisations, alan mathews, commonwealth aircraft corporation, cac

The Mathews family have been in continuous ownership of 395 Howe Parade (was 8 Howe Parade until 1964 when addresses re-assigned), Port Melbourne from 1938 to the present (Sept 2019)Six folders of assorted documents relating to the life of Alan Mathews and his family. Employment documents. Alan commenced work with CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation on 27/4/1953. Documents related to Union. Membership card number 1975industry, workers, societies clubs unions and other organisations, alan mathews, commonwealth aircraft corporation, cac

The Mathews family have been in continuous ownership of 395 Howe Parade (was 8 Howe Parade until 1964 when addresses re-assigned), Port Melbourne from 1938 to the present (Sept 2019)Six folders of assorted documents relating to the life of Alan Mathews and his family. Employment documents. Alan commenced work with CAC Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation on 27/4/1953. Documents related to Union. The Amalgamated News official Journalindustry, workers, societies clubs unions and other organisations, alan mathews, commonwealth aircraft corporation, cac