Interview with Thora Helen Jacobs [oral history] / interviewer: Heather Campbell
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AuthorThora JacobsHeather CampbellDescriptionDescription and occupation of father -- Descriptions of mother, grandmother and siblings -- Other relatives -- Bateman family home Lockerley, located 32 Preston Point Road, East Fremantle -- Garden and gardener -- Household help -- Meals and foods consumed -- Typical life as a child -- Education -- attended Richmond Primary and MLC -- left school at 15, household chores and looking after mother at home -- activities as a family -- Religion -- Children's games -- Celebrating Christmas -- Transport -- Hobbies -- Family discipline -- Death of mother from cancer in 1940 -- Death of father in 1947 -- Second World War -- Work -- Making maps from aerial photographs -- National Service Office Fremantle -- Husband Bill Jacobs -- Wedding -- Spent time in Hong Kong, later returned to WA -- Purchase of Lockerley from father's estate -- Children -- Home help had to be sent back to Thailand after White Australia policy -- Changes to Lockerley -- Sale of Lockerley to Congregational Church -- Thoughts about family lifeImprintFremantle, W.A. : C, 2005Collation6 sound cassettes + notes + 3 additional pages including photographs of house and hous planLanguageEnglishDewey ClassOH/JACAudio FormatCDDigital ItemYes
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Barcode30118000231997LocationOral History Collection
Request AccessPlease email the Fremantle History Centre: lhc@fremantle.wa.gov.au
Heather Campbell, Interview with Thora Helen Jacobs [oral history] / interviewer: Heather Campbell. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 30/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/46672
