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ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS
SOCIAL & POLITICAL ISSUES
“The Left” in Arts & Community
Community Activists
Political Activists
The “Great Depression”
Trade Unions
WORKING LIFE & STRUGGLES
Building Industry
Changing Work Conditions – 1990s
Hospitality Industry
Immigrants’ Stories
Mining Strikes
OUTBACK & RURAL
Robe River Dispute 1986-7
Aboriginal Australians
Bush Transport
Bush Women
Farming Life
Outback Station Life
Cattle, Cattlemen
Droving, Drovers
Shearers, Sheep
Railways
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Dance and Intrumental Music
Yarns and Stories
OUTBACK & RURAL
Aboriginal Australians
Bush Transport
Railways
Bush Women
Cattle, Cattlemen
Droving, Drovers
Farming Life
Outback Station Life
Shearers, Sheep
Books by Wendy Lowenstein
The Immigrants
Under the Hook
Weevils in the Flour
Weevils at Work
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WERNER
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WORKING LIFE & STRUGGLES
Category: WORKING LIFE & STRUGGLES
Archie Kite, Quorn S.A.
INTERVIEW:
Archie Kite -1969
PLACE:
Quorn, South Australia
NOTES:
Archie, aged about 70, was the caretaker of the ...
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Roy Tippet, carpenter, craft & yarns
INTERVIEW:
Roy Tippet - 1960's
PLACE:
Melbourne, Victoria
NOTES:
A carpenter, Roy is about fifty, a romantic Australian and a ...
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Geoff McDonald, Building Workers Industry Union 1966
INTERVIEW:
Geoff McDonald - Early 1960's
PLACE:
Melbourne Victoria NOTES:
Geoff, aged about 40, was then an organiser of ...
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Jim Coull, Trade Unionist – 1960’s
INTERVIEW:
Jim Coull, 1960's
PLACE:
Melbourne Well known in Victorian Union circles, Jim, aged about 70, and the former secretary of ...
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Hal Alexander, Actors’ Equity 1930’s ->
INTERVIEW:
Hal Alexander, Dancer; Trade Union Leader
INTERVIEW DATE:
mid 1990's
NOTES:
Hal Alexander learned Buck and Wing dancing from Professor ...
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Social and Community Workers -1996
INTERVIEW:
Two Social Workers - 1996
PLACE:
Probably Melbourne
NOTES:
Two social workers discuss the changes occurring in their work practices ...
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Interview Sampler
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What to do if you dont get paid! :-)
https://www.wendylowenstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Hal-Alex-shorter-Not-getting-Paid.mp3
Wendy works in factory 1940’s
https://www.wendylowenstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Wendy-Factory-final-short.mp3
Productivity Bargaining
https://www.wendylowenstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Bill-Fireman.mp3
Bush nicknames, 1950’s
https://www.wendylowenstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Hazlett-Sam-Short.mp3
C’wealth Employment Service 1990’s
https://www.wendylowenstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CES-Michelle-Turner-shorter.mp3