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Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Talking Shop Stories from Ballarat women, 2/03/2019
... oral history, international womens day, heather horrocks...These oral histories were collected at a Talking Shop...Audio file. Edited from oral histories collected at Talking... file. Edited from oral histories collected at Talking Shop ...These oral histories were collected at a Talking Shop Community Day, March 2019, where the community was invited to come and share their memories on local shops and businesses. This edited piece was created for International Womens Day and features the voices of Heather Horrocks (speaking about the haberdashery business Picot and Widmer and the controversial McDonald's established on Bakery Hill in the 1970s), Shirley Whitefield (speaking about Ballarat tram and shop memories and playing local football in the 1960s), and Isabel Gribble (recalling visits to local shops and hotels). These snippets capture some of the varied and spirited lives of Ballarat women.Audio file. Edited from oral histories collected at Talking Shop exhibition Community Day March 2019, featuring the voices of Heather Horrocks, Shirley Whitefield, and Isabel Gribbleoral history, international womens day, heather horrocks, shop, haberdashery, business picot, widmer, mcdonald's, bakery hill,1970s, shirley whitefield, trams, football,1960s, isabel gribble, hotels, ballarat, women -
Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library
Audio - Oral History, Oral History Interview with Alex Dafner June 2021, 22 June 2021
... Oral History...Oral History Interview with Alex Dafner June 2021...Digital recording of an Oral History Interview with Alex... Selwyn St Elsternwick melbourne Oral History Audio Oral History ...Alex Dafner was interviewed about his involvement in the Kadimah from the 1970s through to the 2020s. Alex has been widely involved in Yiddish life in Melbourne. He served as a Kadimah board member (1970 – 2022) and President (1995-2015). He currently leads post-VCE Yiddish reading and conversation group. The interview was conducted by Jordy Silverstein in June 2021 for the Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre and National Library.Digital recording of an Oral History Interview with Alex Dafneralex dafner, kadimah committee, president, melbourne yiddish youth theatre, dovid herman theatre, bund, lectures, mitvokh club, 100 year celebration, in one voice, kadimah chess club, sholem aleichem college, sender burstin, bono wiener, yasha sher, hershl bacharach, josef auerbach, moshe ajzenbud, pinchas ringelblum, nachman gryfenberg, lova friedman, yizhak khan, avrum cykiert, rachel levita, cesia goldberg, abram goldberg, yossl winkler, renata singer, joe tigel, eugene orenstein, avraham novershtern, dov noy, herschel klapfisch, adam gruzman, pinchas goldhar, herz bergner, leo fink, samuel wynn, simche burstin, varshavski -
Greensborough Historical Society
Article, Briar Hill 1950s, 2010_
... 2 x A4 typed sheets. Oral history story.... typed sheets. Oral history story. Tells the story of growing up ...Tells the story of growing up in Briar Hill and Montmorency areas in the 1950s. Discusses local people and places. Written by Elaine Rank (nee Barnett). A first-hand account of life in Briar Hill in the 1950s. 2 x A4 typed sheets. Oral history story.elaine rank, briar hill -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Martin Woods, Australia's oral history collections : a national directory, 2001
... Australia's oral history collections : a national directory...oral history...A directory of oral history collections, collected... Street Brunswick melbourne Book Australia's oral history ...A directory of oral history collections, collected in a state by state order.directory listingsgenealogy, oral history, family history, local history -
Camberwell Historical Society
Pamphlet (Item), Gwen McWilliam, Guidelines for Local History Research, 1988
... and oral history... conducting building and oral history Guidelines for Local History ...camnberwell, history -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Education Department of South Australia, The Ngarrindjeri people : Aboriginal people of the River Murray, Lakes and Coorong : an Aboriginal studies course for secondary students in Years 8-10, 1990
... oral history...maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, oral histories... coorong aboriginal studies secondary school education oral history ...An Aboriginal studies course detailing the history, culture and life experiences of the original peoples of the areas along the River Murray, Lakes and Coorong. It is part of the 8-12 Aboriginal studies program developed to meet the needs of students, teachers and Aboriginal people.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, oral histories, suggested class activitiesngarrindjeri, river murray, coorong, aboriginal studies, secondary school education, oral history, curriculum development -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Bunj Consultants - City of Yarra, Snapshots of Aboriginal Fitzroy, 2002
... | batman treaty | oral histories | Victoria (Place)... | alexandria gardens | maysar | batman treaty | oral histories ...A history of the Aboriginal people and places connected with Fitzroy from pre-history to date.60 p.; ill.; figs.; 30 cm.A history of the Aboriginal people and places connected with Fitzroy from pre-history to date.wurundjeri | carlton gardens | alexandria gardens | maysar | batman treaty | oral histories | victoria (place) -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Journal - Serials, Aboriginal History Inc, Aboriginal History - Volume 32. 2008, 2008
... Loddon Protectorate. | Aboriginal Oral Histories.... | Aboriginal Oral Histories - childhood and playlore Australian ...A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.217 P. fac. ill. notes; footnotes; refs. photographs.A series of articles by leading writers on Aboriginal History.aboriginal australians -- periodicals. | ethnology -- australia -- periodicals. | aboriginal circus performers, australia. | honorary correspondence scheme. victoria 1860-1868 and 1869-1904 | andrew porteus honorary correspondent, northern wathaurung, reports - mt. emu tribe. | edward stone parker - protector loddon aboriginal station. | dja dja wurrung, loddon protectorate. | aboriginal oral histories - childhood and playlore australian childhood folklore collection, museum victoria. -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Audio CD, Songs recorded at Swan Hill and Finley, 1962
... oral histories... Madhi Madhi oral histories Catherine Ellis Hilton Walsh Mary ...Wiradjuri war chant and songs sung by Hilton Walsh at Swan Hill; Madi Madi songs sung by Mary Moore; war chant and other songs sung by Tom Lyons at Finley.CD, recording noteswiradjuri, madhi madhi, oral histories -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Bain Attwood et al, A life together, a life apart : a history of relations between Europeans and Aborigines, 1994
... oral histories... government relations Indigenous reserves oral histories Bain Attwood ...A history of several Aboriginal reserves, containing long transcribed narratives from those who lived there as well as letters and general information about Aboriginal-white relations in the early 20th century.B&w photographssevington, cummeragunja, moonahcullah, victorian history, new south wales history, race relations, racism, government relations, indigenous reserves, oral histories -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Museum of Victoria, Hidden histories, 2003
... oral histories... photographs Gunai Kurrnai Gunai Kurnai Museum Victoria oral histories ...Collection of Print outs from an online project visited on 26/11/2003.B&w photographsgunai kurrnai, gunai kurnai, museum victoria, oral histories, bruce baxter, norman terrick, nicholas moffatt, max solomon, shirley firebrace, bill harrison, jason wilson, shane atkinson, eddie kneebone, rob thorpe, koori children's art -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Stuart Rintoul, The wailing : a national Black oral history, 1993
... The wailing : a national Black oral history...oral histories... oral history b&w photographs oral histories Stuart Rintoul ...b&w photographsoral histories -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Bunj Consultants, Snapshots of Aboriginal Fitzroy, 2004
... oral histories... Batman treaty oral histories Bunj Consultants City of Yarra ...Features artwork by VACL Project Officer Mandy Nicholson.maps, photographswurundjeri, carlton gardens, alexandria gardens, maysar, batman treaty, oral histories -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Penny Taylor, Telling it like it is : a guide to making Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, 1996
... oral histories.... Includes stories from the area. b&w photographs oral histories ...This research manual gives sources and details for history research. Includes stories from the area.b&w photographsoral histories, historical research -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sue Wesson, Australian Alps oral history project 1994 : Aboriginal histories : unpublished report for the Australian Alps Liaison Committee, 1994
... Australian Alps oral history project 1994 : Aboriginal...oral histories... Street Brunswick melbourne Book Australian Alps oral history ...Unpublished report for the Australian Alps Liaison Committee. A series of interviews with a variety of people.b&w photographs, document reproductionsoral histories -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book with CD, Doreen Mellor et al, Many voices : reflections on experiences of Indigenous child separation, 2002
... oral histories... Bringing them Home oral histories Doreen Mellor Anna Haebich ...This book bring together voices of children who were separated from their families, people who cared for them, families who took them into their homes and Government officers who carried out official directions. Contents of CD: Track 1. Jim Hart, b.1927, Queensland, separated from family as a child. See ch. 5. Interviewer: David Woodgate (3m 02s) track 2. Clara Coulthard, b.1929, South Australia, separated from family as a child. See ch. 3. Interviewer: Sue Anderson (4m 06s) track 3. John Moriarty, AM, b.1938, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, separated from family as a child. See ch. 4. Interviewer: Frank Heimans (4m 12s) track 4. Sandra Hill, b.1951, Western Australia, separated from family as a child. See ch. 11. Interviewer: John Bannister (4m 11s) track 5. Trevor Deshong, b.1965, Queensland, separated from family as a child. See ch .6. Interviewer: Colleen Hattersley (4m 45s) track 6. Julie Wilson, b.1958, New South Wales, adopted as an infant. See ch. 6. Interviewer: Frank Heimans (4m 04s) track 7. Dorothy Pyatt, b.1918, South Australia, police officer in remote South Australia, 1950s and 1960s. See ch. 8. Interviewer: Karen George (4m 18s) track 8. Margaret Somerville, MBE, b.1912, New South Wales, Northern Territory, missionary and cottage mother. See ch. 7. Interviewer: Frank Heimans (3m 15s) track 9. Reg Worthy, OAM, b.1920, Queensland, Northern Territory, Victoria, welfare officer, senior administrator, Departmental Head. See ch. 8. Interviewer: Barbara Erskine (4m 55s)D?.b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, CDstolen generations, child welfare, bringing them home, oral histories -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Audio CD, Linguistic eliciting : Madi Madi words and a few sentences : Jack Long speaking at Pt. Pearce on May 9th 1971, 1972
... oral histories... Long Euston Billy oral histories Luise Hercus Luise Hercus Jack ...Discussion with Jack Long about story of Turkey and Emu, making bark canoes and the man known as Euston Billy.CD, transcription and notesmadi madi, mathi mathi, jack long, euston billy, oral histories, luise hercus -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
DVD, Sandy Osawa - Makah et al, Myaamiaki eemamwiciki : Miami awakening, 2008
... oral histories... revival oral histories Sandy Osawa - Makah Yasu Osawa ...Myaamiaki eemamwicikia is a comprehensive look at the language and culture revitalization efforts of the Miami Tribe. The documentary captures moments of transition, as myaamia people gain traditional knowledge and share it within their homes and communities. Myaamiaki eemamwicikia features interviews with community elders, families, youth, and tribal educators as the Miami Tribe continue to reclaim their heritage and rebuild as a community"--Container. Explores summer workshops, home teaching, and the Myaamia Project for Language Revitalization which illustrates the interrelationship of the tribe with Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.miami tribe, language revival, oral histories -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Audio - Video, Bruce Chamberlain. Warrnambool, A conversation with Mrs Reta Brauer, 26/09/2002
... oral histories... conversation Brauer Reta Chamberlain Bruce oral histories Bruce ...Mrs Rita Brauer, widow of the Dr Alfred Brauer Warrnambool doctorVoice recording & CD recording of interview by Bruce Chamberlain and Rita Brauer widow of Dr Alfred Brauer W'bool doctor, giving a small part of Mrs Brauer's contribution to life in Warrnambool.Slip cover Sony Super DX 180 - card (red, yellow, blue & white) Front of slip case has business card. The Hon Bruce Chamberlain. Video black plastic case with video tape A conversation with Mrs Rita Brauer and Bruce Chamberlain 26/9/2002.video, dvd, conversation, video, dvd, conversation, brauer reta, chamberlain bruce, oral histories -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Book - Scrapbook, Ballarat College of Advanced Education: Scrapbook of newspaper cutting, Book 13; May 1983 to October 1983
... charles fahey on oral histories... on oral histories computers becoming part of school system mining ...Newspaper cuttings relating to Ballarat College of Advanced Education. These are from various newspapers and include The Age, Ballarat Courier, The Australian, The Herald. The cuttings cover the period from 23 May 1983 to 26 October 1983. . Book with beige cover, front. Spiral bound.employment advertisements, application for enrolment, outline of courses, deputation to see minister re gas levy, role for colleges, computing at bcae, engineering students may transfer, institutions fear information act, bust of prof smith presented to smb, western mining corporation awards, john de vries, ian carroll, wayne herbertson, soil conservationists, bust of dick richards, chinese actress visits ballarat, bcae host to hundreds, tertiary orientation program, russian violinist at founders hall, teachers not out of touch, employment prospects for teacher graduates, bcae open day, dr alan reid from csiro, short course on micro computers, victoria howlett potter, charles fahey on oral histories, computers becoming part of school system, mining raises living standards, antarctic oldtimer remembers, ethel reynolds - sculptor, tribute in bronze, dick richards, beaufort house 'home for students', jacqueline culvenor - potter, deaf and smart, `students condemn council sacking, brendan mcauley, jump rope for heart, students give papers on engineering projects, australians lucky says uk artist, selwyn hoffman shows in exhibition -
Greensborough Historical Society
Audio - Audio Cassette, Duncan King-Smith, Listening to the landscape: stories and places collected from the Shire of Eltham 1988, 1988
... oral histories... shire of eltham oral histories "Listening to the landscape ...Audio recordings of Eltham residents discussing life in Eltham and surrounding areas over the years. Part of the John Ramsdale collection of slides and audio visual material.3 audio tapes in plastic folder."Listening to the landscape: stories and places collected from the Shire of Eltham 1988"eltham, shire of eltham, oral histories -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Article, Talking culture, 1997
... Oral history workshop during Culture Down Under Festival... Mitcham melbourne Article Article Talking culture Oral history ...Oral history workshop during Culture Down Under Festival (photo)Oral history workshop during Culture Down Under Festival (photo)Oral history workshop during Culture Down Under Festival (photo)heritage festivals, city of whitehorse, alves, lesley, lipszyc, lola -
Vision Australia
Audio - Sound recording, Paterson Hall Story: an oral history told by the people who were there, 2002
... Paterson Hall Story: an oral history told by the people who...60 MP3 sound files of oral history interviews and book... of oral history interviews and book excerpts Paterson Hall Story ...Paterson Hall Story is told through the reminiscences of 23 people who played an active part in the life of a popular recreational and entertainment hub from 1929 to 1999. They relate how a simple concrete structure in Glenferrie Road, Kooyong became a 'home away from home' for people who were blind or vision impaired, their families and friends. The hall was originally built as a clubhouse for blind cricketers in 1927, but by 1929 it had been extended to include a social hall and other facilities including a verandah where spectators could watch the cricket. Over the years the hall was used for activities as diverse as square dancing, singing, craft classes, ball games, art and craft shows, drama groups and annual meetings.60 MP3 sound files of oral history interviews and book excerptsNarrated by Maurice Lockie, Bill Charles and Norah Tooheypaterson hall, association for the advancement of the blind, victorian blind cricket association -
Clunes Museum
Book, NSW ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY, ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM - A VITAL LINK THE EUSTON TO ROBINVALE MURRAY RIVER CROSSING
... ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM - A VITAL LINK THE EUSTON TO...ORAL HISTORY... CONCRETE BRIDGE ON THE FRONT COVER DETAILING AN ORAL HISTORY... ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM - A VITAL LINK THE EUSTON TO ROBINVALE ...AN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT ABOUT A VITAL LINK BETWEEN EUSTON AND ROBINVALESPIRAL BOUND WITH IMAGES OF AN OLD IRON BRIDGE AND A NEW CONCRETE BRIDGE ON THE FRONT COVER DETAILING AN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT WITH IN THE TITLE OF THE BOOK. 81 PAGES AND AN ORAL HISTORY CD IS ATTACHED TO THE BACK PAGEnon-fictionAN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT ABOUT A VITAL LINK BETWEEN EUSTON AND ROBINVALEeuston to robinvale, river crossing, oral history -
Surrey Hills Historical Society Collection
Book, Sharing Journeys: celebrating cultural diversity in Surrey Hills, 2016
... Neighbourhood Centre (SHNC). Through personal memoir or oral history... Neighbourhood Centre (SHNC). Through personal memoir or oral history... personal memoir or oral history they reflect upon their experience ...This book shares the stories of 20 people from a wide variety of backgrounds, all with connections to the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre (SHNC). Through personal memoir or oral history they reflect upon their experience of moving to Australia from other countries. Interviewers and photographers also with links to SHNC. Foreword by Josh Frydenberg, Federal Member for Kooyong.This book shares the stories of 20 people from a wide variety of backgrounds, all with connections to the Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre (SHNC). Through personal memoir or oral history they reflect upon their experience of moving to Australia from other countries. Interviewers and photographers also with links to SHNC. Foreword by Josh Frydenberg, Federal Member for Kooyong.immigrants - victoria - surrey hills, biography, (mrs) shima ibuki, (mr) chris young, (mr) hung le, (mr) nathan paramanathan, (ms) sue barnett, (ms) suet mun wong, (mrs) betsie mineur, (mr) rudi mineur, (mrs) kathryn mcevoy, (mrs) anke schwaiger, (ms) phillipa taylor, (ms) jessy zhu, (ms) julia mcleish, (miss) nasrin sadeghpour, (mrs) melanie sanders, (mrs) priscilla tiplady, (mr) robin tiplady, (mr) leslie gibbons, geln stander, (mrs) helen standler, (mr) joe sterpin, (mrs) rosa spinello, (mrs) pepa jones, (mr) graham o'rourke, (mr) simon williams, (mr) colin barrow, (mrs) rosemary barrow, (mr) josh frydenberg, (mrs) ruth scharley, (mrs) soni prabhur, (mrs) julie zeelander -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Mixed media - Audio Cassette, Margaret Fankhauser - Blackburn Cool Stores, 9/04/2001
... Oral history with Margaret Fankhauser, widow of the last...Oral history with Margaret Fankhauser, widow of the last... Cool Stores Oral history with Margaret Fankhauser, widow ...Oral history with Margaret Fankhauser, widow of the last president of Blackburn Cool Stores and Bob McCrickard, the last secretary from 1981 to close in1987. On tape the date of the term of the last secretary is mentioned as from 1961, but later discussions showed that this was wrong. (cross reference see ND2483 four boxes of material) See ND5592 for transcription.Oral history with Margaret Fankhauser, widow of the last president of Blackburn Cool Stores and Bob McCrickard, the last secretary from 1981 to close in1987. On tape the date of the term of the last secretary is mentioned as from 1961, but later discussions showed that this was wrong. (cross reference see ND2483 four boxes of material)Transcribed talk displayed as well.fankhauser, margaret, mccrickard, bob, blackburn cool store -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Document, Oral history on Harold Bakes, 1996
... Oral history on Harold Bakes...Oral history on the life of Harold Bakes provided by his... Mitcham melbourne Document Document Oral history on Harold Bakes ...Oral history on the life of Harold Bakes provided by his daughter, Wendy Ingham.bakes, harold arthur -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - Article, Project to record oral history, 26/01/2000
... Project to record oral history....Oral history... and the Whitehorse oral history project.... Mitcham melbourne Article Newspaper Project to record oral history ...Article on long-time resident Andrew Hannam and the Whitehorse oral history project.hannam, andrew willoughby, oral history -
Melton City Libraries
Newspaper, Oral History Day, 1992
... Oral History Day... Melton 1992 Ladies Oral History Day Graham Minns President...Ladies Oral History Day event held by Melton and District... Newspaper Oral History Day Ladies Oral History Day event held ...Mary Tolhurst M&DHS - March 29th Dunvegan Willows Park Melton 1992 Ladies Oral History Day Graham Minns President Ray Radford MC Sound recording transfer to CD 2011 by Tom Wood Edited typescript by Wendy Barrie 2013 I was born in Rockbank, and when I was five years old moved to Toolern Vale and started and finished school there. Toolern Vale only consisted of the Store, Post Office and shop, where you could buy your fodder, and pollard supplies, the Hall, the little Church and the bluestone School. The School changed shape three times from the 1800s[1869] til the time I went there. There was four generations of my family that went there and it was destroyed by fire in 1965. Marjorie nee Myers Butler. Yes, I remember along with it your lovely Ronisch piano. Mary, quite true! Marj what you say about the Ronisch piano. When I came the age to learn music my mum and dad couldn’t really afford it, but still what parents do for their children. They had Marj go along with them and pick this lovely Ronisch piano. It was known round the district. Everyone commented about the loss that lovely piano. After leaving school it was war time, 1939, then it was work, When I was 7 year old I was put out into the cow yard. In 1940 when the soldiers were going away our milk was confiscated it had to go to Bacchus Marsh. It used to go the Sunbury to be brine cooled and then go to Melbourne. Then they took it then to the Lifeguard Milk Factory at Bacchus Marsh. It had to go as condensed milk to the soldiers. This year is 50 years of the Land Army. I was an unofficial Land Army but they still kept check on me. I went onto married life and I followed the cows right through [howls of laughter] and we went on until the 1965 fire. That’s when we got out of the cows. Marjorie asks, was Granny Watts your grandmother or great grandmother? Mary: She was my great grandmother, the midwife of Melton. The 1965 fire started ¾ of a mile above our place, Frank Ryan’s sheds were burnt and his house was saved, then it wiped the School out, the Hall, the Church the Post Office and Store and little house that was Charlie Charlton’s in the early days. Mrs Wilson’s place was saved by the Fire Brigade by pulling boards off the side, and from there it went over the hill and it was stopped at the Rockbank Railway Station. If it had of got over the railway they said it would have gone into Werribee. A lot was burnt out in that strip. Mary nee Nixon Collins: 18 houses burnt that day. Audience question, did Melton get burnt that day? Ray: No. It came down through the Toolern Vale road and cut across about a mile and a half from the cross roads at Toolern Vale from north westerly to the south east and cut through over the Keilor road. Mary: It came in across the creek at Funstons in Toolern, then through Jim Minns. Dorothy was it your place then [nee Knox Beaty] to Ken Beatty’s and from there it went through to Doug McIntosh’s and to Cockbills and the wind changed and it came across to the railway line, and that is where they stopped it. [the cause of the fire was controversial, they had been burning off the night before and there was some talk of someone starting it. It was very hot and very strong wind, it was a terrible day] Ray: When the fire went through McIntosh’s they had a haystack on the north side of their house and the haystack got caught and the fire burnt a hole through the side of the house and the boys pyjamas on the bed. The house was saved. It came through like and express train roaring at you, I was at McIntosh’s when it went roaring past. You couldn’t see, dust and ash and tremendous heat. The fire started about 12 o’clock Jack [husband] said to me, fire, I said where, where? Just up the road, what have I got to do? and he went out and he had gone to the fire and left me. I tried to get the animals and I put out buckets of water, putting the buckets of water out saved my life. Chas Jones and another friend of his came in and they picked up the buckets of water, I thought I had better get out because the fire was on the haystack up the paddock and when I went to go out through the north side of the house and couldn’t get out, I’ll go through the front gate so I went around the other side of the house. I got caught there and Chassy Jones and his friend came round carrying the bucket of water and I panicked. He threw the bucket of water over me. Well that is what saved my life because I was damp, whenever we tried to leave the ball of fire came over me and over my shoulder and my hair was scorched. Chassy Jones lost his truck and Keith Watt his big truck because he had the water tank on it and they couldn’t get out of the yard. Granny Watt’s house, the first private hospital had condemned and Jack and I pulled it down and had it moved up to Toolern and had it in the yard a fortnight and it was all burnt and we didn’t get the shed we wanted. Every 13 years right up until Ash Wednesday fires, there has always been fire close at hand. The 1952 fire went down the back of the house, the 1965 fire took the house, and the house that I live in now, it is the third house that has been on that spot. When the Hunters owned it, Mrs Hunter was nearly burnt in her bed. They had a 13 roomed house. In 1924 the house burnt down, and there was another house was built there and that was the one that burnt down. Edna: So Mary built a brick veneer house. Marjorie: like the three little pigs [laughter] Collins - Mary M &DHS - March 29th 1992 Ladies oral history day at Dunvegan, Willows Park Melton. Graham Minns President Ray Radford MC Sound recording transferred to CD 2011 Edited typescript by Wendy Barrie 2013 Mary Collins nee Nixon born in Terang 1907 down in the Western District and we shifted to Melton when I was 5 and a half then I started school here in Melton, and spent all my school life at Melton State School, next to the Church of England, it’s called the Primary School now. I got my Qualifying and Merit Certificate then I left School because there wasn’t a High School. When I was 16 I got and job in the Melton Post Office and I worked there, I was the first girl in Melton to deliver the mail, and worked on the telephone and the Bank business. Mrs Ross and myself behind the counter, there were about 500 – 600 people in the Shire at that time and now when I go into the new Post Office there is 36,000 here there’s still 2 people behind the counter [laughter from the audience] and wait in a queue right out to the door. Times haven’t changed much have they! There was a manual telephone and you had to ring the handle, and there were eight subscribers when I went there and when I left there were 46 I had coaxed that number to join the telephone, even the police station didn’t have the phone on. The two Hotels and the two Chaff mills and Mr Ernie Barrie, Parkers the butcher, the Shire Office was No 8, and the Police house was next to the Courthouse on the corner. They were number 9. I can remember a lot of the numbers still. The Post Office was the Agency for the Commonwealth Bank [comment from audience member] I used to do the Bank business too, I left after four years there, mother wasn’t very well. The Inspector who used to come up to the Post Office asked me if I would take up casual Post Mistress and to go around the different districts but I refused and when Mrs Ross’s holidays were due I was the replacement. I wasn’t 21. I loved my work meeting everybody and most people had horse and jinkers and when the elderly would come in there would be Mr Tom Morrow, he only had one arm and Mrs Dunn came from Bulman’s road in their horse and jinker. They were elderly I would see them pull up out the front and quickly get their mail and run out to them because they didn’t have to get out of the jinker to tie up their horse. If someone had a baby in arms I would tear out and hold the baby while they got down. Mrs Ross was very very strict. I had to sweep the Post Office, she had a couple of mats and there would be a threepence or a sixpence under the mats show she knew whether I lifted the mat, I was whether I was honest or not. Graham: How much were your wages? I got 27/7 pence a week for a 52 hour week. I had to work every holiday except Good Friday and Christmas Day and even when it was Monday holiday I always had to go to work from 9am - !0 am, the Post Office was always open. In the winter I had to wait until twenty past six in case there were any telegrams to deliver. I delivered them on a push bike. One time Tom Barrie told me this years afterwards. I used to go home for lunch. We lived on the Keilor road and I used to ride my bike home. On the hot days the boys used to go and swim in the swimming pool down near a turn in the creek there was a hole where the boys would swim in the nude, they didn’t have any bathers and they didn’t have any watches in those days. Tom Barrie said they always used to watched for me as I was always about 3 minutes past 1, my lunch hour was from 1-2. One particular day they missed seeing me and swam on, and of course they were all late for school when they got back and were all kept in a night. I did get a fortnight holiday. I loved my work and I knew everyone in the district right from Toolern Vale to the Marsh and everybody at Melton South. Did you listen into conversations on the Switchboard? Oh no. [laughter] Melton did not have electricity then. I had to fill the lamps everyday with kerosene. The Staughton Memorial was outside the Post Office. It had four posts with the chain looped around it, and that’s where the people used to tie up their horses. Marjorie nee Myers Butler comments about sitting and swinging on the chains. Mr Fred Coburn lit the acetylene gas light in the Memorial. It was the only streetlight in Melton. There was no electricity until 1939. Ray Radford comments about another gas street light which was on the corner of Station road. [later] Mary passes around her school photos. Mary mentions the names of those who have passed away, Maisie McDonald, ,Marian Wraith, Hilda McCreey, and Valda McDonald. I have written the names on the back. Marjorie comments about Marie Jongebloed and Greta are the only two girls left out of big family of ten I think there were [hesitates] 4 or 5 girls and the rest were boys. Mary. Flora Woodley, Dorrie Flynn and Margaret McDonald are still alive. They are my age we were all born about 1907. Marjorie points out herself in a later photo [1921 and 1922 School ] Mary mentions the name Walsh and identyfies following names, the Parker boys, Ken Beaty, Malc and Linda Cameron, Maisie Mc Donald, Ted Radford, George Nixon, Norman Minns, he was later the Shire Secretary of Werribee. One of the Woodley girls. [Maisie Arthur] Marjorie: Rosie Shearwood, June Whiting Mary. Lily Mc Donald, she has passed away. Isabel Harrison nee Tinkler, she lives at Werribee, Doreen Rogers, Marjorie Walker, Jess McIntosh, Mary Gillespie. Mr Malone was the Junior teacher Mr Roe and Miss Cooke. Fred Myers, my sister [Elizabeth] and the year was 1921. Myers (Barrie) School Photo Collection. Many of the names were identified at the 1970 Centenary of Melton State School No. 430. Edna Barrie organised, compiled and typed the lists to accompany these photos for the year 1921. The 1922 photo shows the higher grades. Ladies Oral History Day event held by Melton and District Historical Society, article featured in the Telegraphlocal identities, local special interest groups -
Greensborough Historical Society
Oral History, The Dickson family story, 1952o
... Oral History...oral history...3 typed pages of oral history and photograph of Bonnie... Plenty Lower Plenty melbourne Oral History The Dickson family ...Ray and Bonnie Dickson moved to Greensborough in 1951, the area was mostly open space with few houses. Bonnie recalls and recounts her life in Greensborough in this interview with neighbour Rosalie Bray.There is some discussion of restrictions to house building in this post war period.3 typed pages of oral history and photograph of Bonnie Dickson. Copy 2: Item 695.bonnie dickson, ray dickson, rosalie bray, nell street, greensborough, oral history