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- 17 Dec 1991 (Creation)
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2 open reel audiotapes (48 min., 41 sec.) : analog, 2 track.
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Therese Collie interviews Bessie Lymburner, born in 1919 in Patana (Wenlock), Cape York.
Bessie talks about her early life in Palm Island and Townsville; working as a nurse and for the settlement Matron and Superintendent; housing; her husband Eric Lymburner's involvement in the Palm Island strike of 1957 where him and others protested againsts the injustices of living under the act; Second World War; her children; her concerns about Aboriginal health and Comalco Mining; Aboriginal people and women.
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Accruals
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Reels 37-38
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Unrestricted access.
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Copyright applies.
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- English
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Previously housed in Box 1, Reel 37 and 38.
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UQ eSpace PID
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- Lymburner, Bessie, 1919- (Subject)
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Revised
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Revised, Linda Justo, 20-Jul-2021. Created from UQ eSpace record data, Amanda Main, 22-Nov-2019
Language(s)
- English