Memories and observations of the Fremantle Cemetery and Fremantle Lunatic Asylum [oral history] / / interviewer: Clem Booth

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AuthorLewis, Alfred W., 1914-1989; Booth, Clem, 1914-DescriptionFremantle Cemetery (Skinner Street): Description of the Cemetery, in particular its walls, gates, fence and use as a short cut -- Flowers and tree species in the Protestant and the Catholic portions -- Names on headstones -- Strange stories about the cemetery -- Jack [Ponty] Myers the caretaker -- Jack Birch of Skinner Street -- Removal of headstones etc... to Fremantle Cemetery -- Army huts during World War II -- Vale Park and John Curtin School. Fremantle Asylum: Closed late 1945 -- Use by Americans during World War II -- Staff -- Holding sheep on the grounds -- Women inmates at the Asylum -- Shingled roof -- Shops and people in Finnerty and Tuckfield StreetsImprint1988Collation1 sound cassette (45 min.) + Guide to contents (2 leaves) + Collateral (1 leaf)LanguageEnglishDate Published1988NotesInterview conducted by Clem Booth in March 1988. Access: openContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: Photograph of Lunatic Asylum (No. 1723}Dewey ClassOH/LEWAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000425177LocationOral History Collection

PeopleJack (Ponty) MyersSubjectFremantle Women's HomeSkinner Street CemeteryFremantle Lunatic AsylumCollectionOral History Collection

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