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Queensland -- Social conditions -- 1901-1945
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[Interview with Ted Bacon]

  • F2049
  • Item
  • 1982

Transcript of interview with Ted Bacon by Helen Grant-Taylor. Bacon speaks of his family background ; employment experiences ; family experiences during the 1930s ; religion ; school and childhood memories ; childhood in the country ; training to be a teacher ; employment in Taxation Department ; politics ; sex ; recreation and social life ; entertainment ; experiences as a member of the Communist party ; overseas countries ; events and attitudes. One of several interviews conducted by the author for Macquarie University's Australia 1938 Oral History Project. Accompanied by conditions of use of tapes and transcripts statement (2 l. ; typescript, signed ; photocopy).

Bacon, E. A. (Edwin Alexander)

[Interview with Noel Dempsey]

  • F2050
  • Item
  • 1982

Transcript of interview with Ted Bacon by Helen Grant-Taylor. Dempsey speaks of his family background ; childhood and school memories ; the Depression ; religion ; family life ; employment experiences ; mother's businesses ; recreation ; social life ; courtship and marriage ; buying land ; own home ; lifestyle and family life ; class ; Australian society ; health ; contact with aboriginals ; migrants ; memories of the 1930s ; royalty ; Australia and Britain. One of several interviews conducted by the author for Macquarie University's Australia 1938 Oral History Project. Accompanied by conditions of use of tapes and transcripts statement (2 l. ; typescript, signed ; photocopy). Also, evaluation of interview and summary of interview (2 l. ; typescript and handwritten ; photocopy)

Dempsey, Noel, 1912-

[Interview with Larky Weiss [i.e. Weise]]

  • F2051
  • Item
  • 1982

Transcript of interview with Larky Weise by Helen Grant-Taylor. Weise speaks of her family background ; school and childhood memories ; employment experiences and conditions ; knowledge of abortion in the 1930s ; courtship and marriage ; social life ; family home and lifestyle ; religion ; family life ; unemployment ; local community of Sandgate, Qld. ; recreation and entertainment ; health and health care ; experiences as a student at Gympie convent ; family attitudes and values ; politics ; contact with immigrants ; Australian society ; overseas events ; attitudes to foreign countries in the 1930s. One of several interviews conducted by the author for Macquarie University's Australia 1938 Oral History Project. Accompanied by conditions of use of tapes and transcripts statement (2 l. ; typescript, signed ; photocopy). Also, evaluation of interview and summary of interview (2 l. ; typescript and handwritten ; photocopy)

Weise, Larky, 1921--