Woolscourer, Shearer, Business Man [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorFoley, Larry Patrick, 1929 -; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionInterview with Larry Patrick Foley. Identification and introduction -- Biography -- Sweet Shop in High St., run by Murial Foley (nee Wood) his mother -- Grandmother Wood -- Early recollections of Fremantle -- Education -- Career -- Prevost Skin Store 1947 Bill Hughes -- Wool classing Fremantle Tech. -- Shearing -- 1953 married Peggy Regan -- Swan Wool Scouring Coy 1959 -- Melbourne 1966-81 -- Wool Scouring in W.A. in advance of other states -- "The Wool Washers" by Larry Foley, a paper -- Jandakot -- Hume, Swan Scouring Co -- The Anchorage, North Fremantle -- Plans for relocation of scour from North Fremantle -- Recession in wool industry -- Historical reasons for location of wool scourers in W.A. -- Fremantle Arts Centre Press -- Paintings -- Remembering people in Fremantle -- Committees -- Mandola Art Prize -- Art Gallery of W.A., Registered valuer for CommonwealthImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1994Collation2 sound cassette (96 min.) + Guide to contents (6 leaves) + Collateral (66 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1994NotesAccess: RestrictedContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: Photocopies of: "The Woolwashers : an overview of the Australian wool scouring industry" by Larry Foley (56 leaves); photographs of family, sporting club, school (6 leaves) ; letter to Mr & Mrs Foley and family from F. G. Doebel [?] [30.4.76] (2 leaves) ; Certificate of Discharge from armed forces [Foley, George Patrick] (1 leaf); Certificate of character on discharge [Foley, George Patrick] (1 leaf)Dewey ClassOH/FOLAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000425003LocationOral History Collection

PeopleGeorge (Larry) Patrick FoleySuburbNorth FremantleSubjectWool industryFremantle Arts Centre PressCollectionOral History Collection