- Entry type: Resource
- Entry ID: AWH000112
Patsy Adam-Smith 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 1/550
- Date Range 11-Oct-71 - 11-Oct-71
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Description
Adam-Smith speaks about her childhood in a fettler’s camp; her schooling in very small classes; leaving her home; writing in her teens; writing children’s serials for the ABC; writing for the magazine “A.M”; she speaks of her sea-going life; the various books she wrote; readjusting to life on shore; realising her responsibilities towards her children; working as a manuscript field officer; her method of work when writing.
- Access Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Finding Aid Transcript available (22 p.)