• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH002190

Broken Hill Social History Project [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 1873
  • Date Range 1981 - 1982
  • Description

    Broken Hill social history project is a collection of 30 interviews of men and women who lived in the Broken Hill district in the early part of the 20th century. Interviewees speak of the environment, employment, lifestyle and memories of life in Broken Hill. Recordings are accompanied by photographs, summaries, biographical information and a manuscript collection produced by Stokes during the writing of the book United We Stand: impressions of Broken Hill 1908-1910. Includes interviews with Gertrude Clutterham; Violet Sheehan; Olive Anderson; Pearl Delatorre; May May; Edna McNamara; Norah Mullins; Rene Murphy; Hilda Ferguson; Marj McKenzie; Manda Ravlich; Lily Liddell; Edith Purcell; Florrie Neat; Doris Bell.

  • Access Access open for research, personal copies and public use.

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  • Primary
    • Ravlich, Manda (1903 - 1991)
    • Alfonsi, Teresa (Tess) Vera (1907 - 1986)