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

Eight items on Oakdale Angling Club: 1/Seven newsletters, vol 28, no. 3 1983; vol 28, no. 4 and no. 5, 1984; vol. 29, no. 5, 1985; vol. 30 no. 1 and no. 2. 1985 and 1987 Christmas edition. The newsletters contain fishing information, tides and weather, fishing holidays and the clubs social events from 1983 to 1987. 2/A copy of the 1988 syllabus, a ticket to the Annual Dinner Dance in 1987 and a compliment card from the public relations officer of the club.oakdale angling club, anglers, sporting clubs, minear terry v., murrumbeena, halls, tabone henry, ovinn russell, williams gerry, hansen don, vos colin, mitchell cyril, evans bob, scott jeff, vliet john jan, stapleton mike, rees ron, stone graeme, horsey ian, dillan ernie, seward w.g., kreutzer leigh, harris evan, rowe phillip, eismontas vic, schmidt john, brooking dean, tuck don, stepham brian, stepham margaret, farmer stvart, cook kate, minear tom, matthews alf, jellett ethel, evans max, dave keith, constantine mark, morris ian, oldham richard, bjorksten robin, rnooken dean, burtt ray, elliott ace, cepuritis tali, hansen don, tuck don, hansen evelyn, cepuritis alwyn, stone ruby, elliott eric, born max, fitzpatrick jack, tobe w., matthews i, renfrew w., carter m., degering ron, henwood arthur, law arthur, beckwith keith, hills allan, chancellor bert, alberton hall, hansen russell, leary john, davis patsy, hooper alec, deverson marlene, lewer ron, yiap jimmy, mccreadie iain, stapleton mike, evans elug, evans ron, quinn russell, kreutzer ed., sikkens roulof, caldecott ken, constantine jenny, foster jett, setford geoff, morris joe, hanna nell, rees gwen, bearlin david, hansen evelyn, thornton bob, hansen don, kreutzer eileen, desmond john, crompton kim, champion ken, waters len, brasher john, jenkins neville, nicholson ken, deters glen, darcy frank, scott geoff, cook barry, cook martin, anderson ken, anderson sue, rodriguez john, carosso joan

Carnegie Primary School centenary book (96 pages x 2 copies) ‘The First Hundred Years NO2897. Carnegie Primary School 1888-1988’ compiled and edited by Isabel Couper and Deidre Lynch. A detailed history of the school’s beginnings. Many informative memories and recollections from school’s first students and teachers; includes social history of area and people, football teams, debutante sets and school. Also a reprinted newspaper article from school’s Golden Anniversary and photo of school band; and a couple of social history photographs.anderson james, murrumbeena, glen huntly railway station, carnegie state school, wesleyan hall, neerim road, railway stations, carnegie primary school, rosstown, toolambool road, lynch deidre, mcvey claire, ross william murray, findlay francis, couper isabel, brown wesley, rosstown state school, brisbane w, carnegie uniting church, liddelow m.h., evans thomas, selboskar phyl, centenaries, margaret street, caulfield, brewster mr., taylor mr., draper mrs., mcfarlane mr., rule thomas, teachers, campbell ada, ‘ava’, campbell aubrey, campbell vera, matthews ben, hewitts road, matthews funeral service, funeral parlours, leo amy, leo alfie, rudge family, rudge mr., transport, phillips store, general store, phillips corner, emily street, hamlya family, pitt family, sheppard family, pemberton mr., pemberton mrs., dunlop misses, preschools, whitlam family, whitlam gordon, woods family, woods lorna, swaggie, swagman, liddelow amy, anderson mr., anderson archie, dunlop bill, phillips linda, hansen alice, lodge laura, fox arthur , hamlyn eric, hansen dagmar, cooper lina , woods lorna, waite family, cove family, johansen family, koornang road, market gardens, sheppard ernie, wood a.m., ‘nisava’, wood family, wood bill, evans rachel, evans thomas, wood millicent, whitfield mr., griffiths mr., wood malcolm, wood forest, wood joe, roxburgh miss, grange road, clifton street, lord street, wood frederick geo, egan miss dressmakers, whitlam fred, whitlam christine, whitlam george, whitlam gough, whitlam freda, whitfield mr., patterson road, graceburn avenue, griffiths r.h., koornang road, scales mr., reid athol, lording dr., mernda ave, farmstead, lord reserve, leman’s swamp, koornang park, cobby harry, larkin aircraft company, dawson howard, rosedale avenue, spencer reg, turner ruth, turner jack, turner noreen, turner marie, morton alan, morton barney, gardiner martin, frogmore estate, oakleigh road, frogmore road, koornang park, hunt club kennels, raeke miss, morgan miss, pitt winnie, jiggins mr., smith mr., blundy violet, ryall ray, mimosa road, wolseley mr., wolseley family, wolseley ted, brunstein madge, murrumbeena cricket club, sinclair alan, sincliar tinny, thomas ted, walker alec, bone bob, footballers, middleton colin, farquahson mrs., eddy family, eddy rose, wolseley jack, buswell stan, buswell doug, buswell. stan jnr., irving nell, brims ethel, bailey bruce, eason sisters, hands hilda, windlow isabel, madden road, glenhuntly road, griffiths rita, jackson jean, scott mr., ward ‘cap’, caulfield grammar school, kokaribb road, carnegie traders, cricket teams, carnegie south, ward marjory, ryan mr., phillips tony, phillips bessie, buckley street, phillips harriet, phillips marion, phillips ernest, phillips hilda, phillips david, phillips florence, phillips linda, lihou miss, jersey parade, meake family, skewe family, mansfield family, fraser jean, collister alma, sturges millie, retallick girls, lillywhite family, mason nellie, johns nancy, bowsfield family, jenner family, chisholm emma, chisholm doris, chisholm ivy, chisholm netta, chisholm beryl, chisholm eileen, wadsworth ethel, luke mr., plummer t.w., raecke miss, sargent ron, sarkie family, reid family, meake violet, collett reg, mcneil miss, scales mr., carmody thomas william, steele miss, young mac, young margaret, cooper cyril, cooper bill, whiteside d., broadbent neil, broadbent mr., carnegie theatre, theatres, morton family, clarke family, quickand neals grocery store, grocers, billy guyatt’s, shops, spencer the removalist, removalists, collister harold, collister bill, caulfield band, bands, carthews the drapers, drapers, mccarrons alec blacksmiths, skewes keith, oliver frank, pitt ‘squeaker’, knevitt ‘skeeter’ harry, jockeys, britter jack, stanistreet family, gear rita, culleen billy, tailors, sherwoods butchers, butchers, jersey parade, riley didlo, verne harry, cooper horace, cooper linda, cooper martin, cooper claude, cooper reginald, cooper stanley, cooper gladys, cooper muriel, cooper percival, cooper cyril, beaumont w.a., whittfield joe, beaumont eileen, major mary anne sister, major myrtle, major bessie, major alma, stagholl walter, stagholl margaret, stagholl eric, robertson bessie, robertson fred, robertson norman, robertson donald, robertson alma, robertson alan, baird neil, baird john, baird rosemary, dunn helen, baird ian, baird heather, baird dianne, petrie stuart, petrie richard, bailey ron, gaunt mabel, reading harold, reading marge, irwin joyce, dickson margaret, dickson jennifer, dickson peter, wood malcolm, wood millicent, wood forest, wood joe, sinclair ‘trinny’, roberts ‘fly’, footballers, malcolm mr., henderson reg, henderson alice, brew l., rule mr., philbrick mr., wood mr., trembath mr., keogh mr., plummer tom, lane a., fox ernest, souters, market gardeners, fox belle, fox bella, fox vern, couper margaret, couper sandra, couper peter, couper narelle, couper clare, couper jarrod, scott mr., doughty will, doughty tom, lloyd miss, islingworth master, adams joyce, hogan mr., markus jean, cosgrove joan, cosgrove mrs., cosgrove mr., marshall jim, kellow fred, fretwell elizabeth, fretwell betty, shepparson ave, singers, edmonson miss, butters shirley, harwood vera, bracher lloyd, dewhurst irene, dewhurst jack, boyle mr., gow jack, welch len, stanistreet harry, stanistreet jack, stanistreet kathleen, stanistreet frank, stanistreet kingsley, ‘ray sullivan’s harmony boys’, carnegie memorial hall, st. anthony’s hall, welch len, gibbons norm, ashley sylvia, crosswell edna, marks peggy, worth phyllis, cleal jean, tabner edith, jenkins elva, mcintosh gladys, worth reg, waters cyril, downard rex, wild mavis, wild darby, hill roland, eason jean, tyers noel, tyers clive, witten hope, strickland doris, chisholm beryl, harwood family, battershill sid, battershill walter, dixon mavis, boyle mr., ford hilda, forsythe miss, edmonsen miss, ryan mr., grimsley mr., allaway mrs., grant mrs., bone bob, bone bruce, w. bone & son nursery men, bone norman, bone jack, bone william, railway road, green kevin, paris marjorie, mimosa road, green joan, allaway winnie, elliot miss, mcburney mr., purdy mrs., allaway suzanne, barron shirley, hogan mr., rutherford mrs., curtin mr., mckee’s, stores, whelan’s, coles, koornang road, gardiner marty, grange road dairy, dairies, mcwhinney’s tuck shop, shops, williams dorothy, kennedy irene regina, rigby miss, grimsley steve, grimsley muriel, grimsley jack, grimsley margaret, grimsley aimee, grimsley bill, blinkinsop steve, blinkinsop jeannie, mathers max, howie rex, major mr., flatmans paddock, crossover, reid eric, reid athol, lowe margaret, lowe dorothy, lowe ian, poliomyelitis epidemic diseases, forsythe miss, cuddihy miss, dougall keith, grace miss, hattam’s, stores, driver wally, perry max, perry don, perry jack, meagher j., ‘hostile’, racehorses, edney jack, carthews the drapers, fretwell elizabeth, kellow fred, muddyman bill, graceburn ave, caulfield junior citizens band, bands, luke mr., luke percy, luke maise, luke nessie, luke geoff, luke ross, luke jan, luke lynette, bolton douglas, anderson mrs., mcburney mr., hogan mr., scott mr., tyers s., ross j., ryan j., irvine j., muirhead mrs., muirhead j., mcnab m., buller l., emmanuel p., buller m., paton v., moor j., condron a., bibby d., matthews n., holman l., cotterell m., whelan j., jennion g., walker b., taylor e., green a., turner r., matthews e., smith joan, gardiner marty, dairies, hanson family, cove family, gallop family, barrett family, barrett w.a., bolch family, bolch b., burke w., burke bill, burke s., mobbs h., young g., young c., burke m., ward c., hopwood g., gordon mr., milk bars, cooper cr., phillips t., swindell mr., grogan mr., wadsworth mrs., bourke mrs., lewis mrs., worsley mrs., quickenstead mrs., brown wesley, musicians, purdy h., curtain les, jenner’s dairy, riley’s wood yard, occupations, jenner vic, jenner les, grant noel, parker george, connolly keith, purdy mr., glen huntly picture theatre, picture theatres, irvine jack, law christie, hatter bob, joppick les, driver geoff, curtin mrs., frederick street, ormond, waters ron, carnegie junior citizens band, carnegie salvation army band – bands, whelan evan, irwin ray, balgleish jack, cowen laurie, smyth wally, lambeth margaret, kind lorraine, bondini joy, tredennick miss, linton miss, heath graham, shiell bill, shiell myrtle, archard bess, bull joan, craig ida, collins dorrie, collins doreen, diggans jess, cornthwaite h., cripps e., dougall n., dixon joyce, francis d., evans mrs., glass peg, greene jess, grace merle, hocking freda, jillings mrs., price mrs., day kitty, kerr may, mason marge, kind sylvia, muirhead d, mcconchie netta, needham nancy, nickless w, o’connor linda, pilven mrs., ryall h., strother ivy, singleton mrs., kelly phyl, waters von, usher mrs., trotter maude, watson mrs., williams mabel, withers olive, aarsmann norma, shiell norma, close peter, ‘wild cherry’ cake shop, rudi miss, anderson miss, eddy mr., hunter jean, nelson vera, fisher john, hunter ron, read jean, smith brian, newsreaders, nelson miss, singleton billy, quon miss, mchutchison george, valma smith, millar royal r., donoghue nora, lester mr., roberts tom, andreisen colin, miles alec, hine mr., baker mr., clements george, bracher lloyd, dimick miss, muir judy, dunn margaret, sant richard, myring miss, ryan mr., armstrong margaret, share wally, howie rex, barclay bob, rockman udo, hoult david, eisfelder kevin, jacques mr., smith mr., magee mr., stehle belinda, wallace mr., james mrs., main mr., wood miss, verso mr., mcpherson mrs., felotico miss, stehle john, howards mrs., collard mrs., webster vivian, stehle siggy, truong le sen, mcpherson barbara, mitchell eva, moutsos mark, chan benjamin, wilson del, jewell christopher, mitchell keith, grant marilyn, caskie alastair, dixon dennis, armstrong john, lucas edward, clark deanne, coutts natalie, flood zivanja, derham peter, momandwall shaper, couper jarrod, heslop joanne, breeze ginaya, caskie fiona, filippone nadya, mcmahon nina, hedges nigel, williams shae, grimm karen, mcgregor clare, vagenes john, gallagher glenn, mcalister rob, varga marilyn, hunter debbie, courtney cathy, booth carol, mcmahon mary, brown danielle, burska maciej, campbell jason, chryssis aris, d’arcy michael, delaney matthew, doukas vivian, dower samantha, fournarakis andrew, genoli amanda, grammatos jimmy, harrington melanie, karamoshos john, karim sadruddin, kennedy russel, lalani zahra, lightfoot kylie, looby mark, louange veronica, park sung mi, perera dennis, pozvek julie, scurry kate, sievers sarah, smith matthew, svarnas dennis, vassiliou denise, wright tracey, zouzounis spirros, adahall jojie, agar jude, anderson lynette, black renae, bobrowski ursula, caskie catherine, devon hayley, diakoumis maria, duljas kristie, evans lindsay, faucett ebony, filippone annette, fournarakis jimmy, francese sean, gibson jay, gordon michelle, guslitser dora, king jane, lianos villi, lorkin christopher, macleod cheryl, maggs amberley, mitchell keith, mucic renae, o’brien jessica, park matthew, pozvek richard, psarras nancy, rhodes suzanne, simons emma, smith christopher, spokes melanie, tia michael, timewell amanda, vavoudis peter, abbott kristi, allender daniel, bobrowski jacob, carey rebecca, carter daimein, catramados john, christou eugenia, couper jarrod, healey michael, kalaitzakis nick, kennedy rebecca, macleod suzanne, mavridis angelo, morosini amanda, mowforth dustin, okolicsanyi george, park sung chul, pemberton michael, reisman elizabeth, richards kylie, savrone leah, tia charlie, tran paul, wiseman derek, wright dean, wyatt marilyn, andre ryan, breeze ginaya, brown james, campbell chad, charles benjamin, devon john, diakmoumis stacey, diamantis chris, duljas michael, grammatos harry, hill bradd, karim salim, lindsay amanda, lynch jennifer, marrello sol, momandwall shaker, moutsos ireni, oram scott, o’sughrue kristy, panevin david, park catherine, pozvek louise, stratton alisa, timewell rebecca, tsigos stam, yeow sook ling, anderson peter, batson tracey, black craig, brain jason, breeze benjamin, brown kylie, carrington harata, caskie fiona, catramados hercule, chan daphne, christou chris, clarke simone, diamantis anthony, faucett sara, flood natalia, holmes gavin, kotrotsos tony, kuk robin, mitchell david, okolicsanyi steve, pemberton samuel, soos melinda, stephenson gabrielle, tran pauline, vassiliou evan, agar natalia, bennett tracey, buhmann wayne, couper clare, faucett sean, filippone nadya, filippone marie, gallagher glenn, gelman roman, grant shawn, hill tania, jewel chris, kaliappa danny, kiss robert, liacopoulos aris, louey david, macleod mike, malamas voula, oram michelle, scurry ivan, wardley amanda, zouzounis sam, anderson robert, antoniou nick, carey tamara, derham peter, diep dianne, filippone danielle, flood zivanja, frangos katina, handley scott, harrison robin, heath cheryl, hedges megan, hedges nigel, hudson raelene, jacovou daniel, katrotsos george, kuk maggie, leung tracy, lightfoot wendy, mcmahon nina, taylor stephen, vassiliou litsa, liddelow e., anderson james h., boardman thomas h., rule thomas, whitfield j.p., griffiths r.h., scales e., boyle j.b., ryan owen w., eddy h.m., millar royal r., lester russel a., donoghue r., bracher a. lloyd (acting principle), o’brien john d., moller henry r., monahan t.v., barclay robert l., somerville albert v., magee frank c. (acting principle), wallis keith, laing allan i., verso ron (acting principle), wood moira (acting principle), tonkin ernest, share wallace (acting principle), howie rex, harding malcolm (acting principle), crowe brian, schmidt david (acting principle), lynch deidre (acting principle), o’keeffe leo, brierley bob, brierley marjorie, couper isabel, couper peter, lindsay janine, lynch deidre, selboskar phyl, stehle siggy, webster jennifer