• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH002426

Jennifer McMillan interviewed by Ros Bowden Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 3406/27
  • Date Range 6-Apr-95 - 6-Apr-95
  • Description

    1 sound cassette (ca. 30 min.) McMillan, a farmer, speaks of her childhood on a dairy farm, working as a herd tester after finishing school, share farming, buying a farm in 1980, division of responsibilities between her husband and herself, the use of artificial insemination and bull farms in herd management, the importance of efficient irrigation systems in farm management, her extensive involvement in local committees (the local branch of United Dairy Farmers of Victoria, District Council of United Dairy Farmers of Victoria, East Gippsland Rural Financial Counselling Committee, the board of the School of Primary Industries of TAFE and the VCAH Course Advisory Committee), and her plans for the farm.

  • Access Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
  • Finding Aid Transcript available (typescript, 16 leaves)

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  • Primary Creator
    • McMillan, Jennifer (1950 - )