Interview with Eric Charles Dyson, 1907 - 1993 [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorDyson, Eric Charles, 1907 - 1993; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionIntroductory summary -- Biographical details -- Charles Owen, 1st President Waterside Workers' Federation in Fremantle (his grandfather) -- Grandmother Owen ran a boarding house "Oatlands" in Queen Victoria Street -- Father: a Boer War Veteran, and World War I, Syd Dyson, ran a carrier business -- Description of Fremantle businesses and stores 1920's and 1930's -- Decline of business in Fremantle due to improved motor transport to PerthImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1984Collation1 sound cassette (60 min.) + transcript (38 leaves) + support material (16 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1984NotesTranscription by: Geraldine McDonald. Support material: Photocopies of: handwritten and typed notes "Business houses in Fremantle about 1920's & 1930's" (11 leaves); Supplementary notes outlining additional information about the Dyson family, and businesses in Fremantle during the 1920's and 1930's (3 leaves); Business card for S. Dyson & Sons, General Carriers (1 leaf)Dewey ClassOH/DYSAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000424899LocationOral History Collection

PeopleEric Charles DysonSuburbEast FremantleSubjectFremantle Railway StationCarriersWaterside Workers Federation of Australia, Fremantle BranchCollectionOral History Collection

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