• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH000112

Patsy Adam-Smith interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 1/550
  • Date Range 11-Oct-71 - 11-Oct-71
  • Description

    Adam-Smith speaks about her childhood in a fettler’s camp; her schooling in very small classes; leaving her home; writing in her teens; writing children’s serials for the ABC; writing for the magazine “A.M”; she speaks of her sea-going life; the various books she wrote; readjusting to life on shore; realising her responsibilities towards her children; working as a manuscript field officer; her method of work when writing.

  • Access Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
  • Finding Aid Transcript available (22 p.)

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  • Primary Creator
    • Adam-Smith, Patricia Jean (Patsy) (1924 - 2001)
    • de Berg, Hazel Estelle (1913 - 1984)