• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH001401

Interview with Helen Winnall [sound recording] Interviewer: Yvonne Abbott

  • Repository State Library of South Australia
  • Reference SRG 438/29/10
  • Date Range 1986 - 1986
  • Description

    30 minutes Helen Winnall talks about marrying in 1923, moving to a sheep station on the Murray River called Maylands, living conditions, problems in the depression, joining the CWA, Country Baby Train, paddlesteamer Pyup a floating emporium, lagoon on the property, correspondence lessons, shearing accident, Point McLeay Aboriginal encampment, Aboriginal relics, skeletons and ochre drawings on Runka station, canoe trees on Maylands, breaking of the drought, illness, and moving back to the city.

  • Formats Sound recording (cassette) analogue
  • Access Access to use copies only with written permission from the donor. Contact the President, Lyceum Club. Original WITHDRAWN.
  • Finding Aid Biographical outline, (2 pages)

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  • Primary Creator
    • Winnall, Helen