Clare McShane interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]

Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
Reference ORAL TRC 3406/9
Date Range 3-Apr-95 - 3-Apr-95
Description
1 sound cassette (ca. 17 min.) McShane, a , sheep farmer, speaks of growing up in a semi-rural area of Sydney, moving to Tasmania with her family, teaching at Oatlands, Tas. After her training, marrying a farmer, and raising 5 boys on their rural property “Cassavene” which runs mostly Saxon/Merino/Corridale-cross sheep to produce high-quality wool for knitwear, running the property jointly with her husband from 1983, taking up machine knitting as a hobby which then grew into a wholesale business supplying a niche market with woollen garments made from the wool from their own sheep, her hopes for the future.
Access Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
Finding Aid Timed summary and transcript available (typescript, 12 leaves).

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