• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH003825

Joan Phipson 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 1/581
  • Date Range 24-Feb-72 - 24-Feb-72
  • Description

    1 sound tape reel (ca. 44 min.) Phipson speaks of her stay in India as a child ; her school days in Australia ; married life in a country area ; how she began writing children’s stories ; her method of writing ; background to her stories.

  • Access Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
  • Finding Aid Transcript available (17 p.)

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  • Primary Creator
    • Phipson, Joan Margaret (1912 - 2003)
    • de Berg, Hazel Estelle (1913 - 1984)