AuthorKerr, Grace (nee McKercher); Freeman, PhoebeDescriptionFamily history -- Father a motion picture proprietor; mother helped in business -- Built Beacon Theatre in South Fremantle in 1932 -- World War II -- Blackouts -- Grace an air raid warden -- Monthly picture show for each school to raise money for the milk fund -- Vegetables for the Soup Kitchen -- Parents' religion and political beliefs -- Both parents owned a car -- Schooling -- Anzac Day -- Slot machines at the railway station -- Melville Yacht Club -- Joined the land army at Bridgetown at 18 -- AWAS 1942-45 -- Discharge and marriage -- Employment in father's theatre -- Description of family home in 1938: house and furniture, occupants, household routine and economy -- Ezywalkin -- Jim Hoskins the bread carter who played at Community Concerts with his sister Letty -- Reading material -- Middle class suburb -- Health care -- South Beach / South Fremantle Day procession with the Aborigines King Billy and Wandie -- Centenary celebrations in Perth in 1930 with procession and fireworks -- Royal FamilyImprint1982Collation1 sound cassette (90 min.) + Guide to contents (4 leaves)Series Title Australia 1938 Oral History ProjectLanguageEnglishDate Published1982NotesInterview conducted by Phoebe Freeman on 6 May 1982. Access: open. Transcript included. Master tape in the National Library (Canberra, A.C.T.). Copy only held in the Fremantle City Library Local History Collection. A copy is also held at Battye Library (Northbridge, W.A.)Content NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: See also Pamphlet file in Fremantle City Library Local History Collection at 791.43 and 725.822Dewey ClassOH/KERAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes
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Kerr, Grace (nee McKercher); Freeman, Phoebe, Interview with Mrs Grace Kerr [oral history] / / interviewer: Phoebe Freeman. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 07/11/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9395
