'Old timbers you cannot bend' [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd
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AuthorSambrailo, Ante Drago, 1920-2011; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionBorn 14 September 1920 Family background -- Boat building on the Dalmatian coast -- Migration to Australia in 1957 -- Working for Mr Crabbe, a boatbuilder on Riverside Drive, East Fremantle -- Self-employed -- Moving to Fisherman's Harbour -- Boat design -- Fire in the shed -- Finding new premises -- Getting timber for boat building -- Properties of jarrah and other timber evaluated -- Building boats for local conditions -- Launch of the Miss Portuguesa -- Blessing boats -- Description of the house in King Street -- Associate member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects -- Language difficulties. Died 12 December 2011ImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1993Collation2 sound cassettes (102 min.) + guide to contents ( 8 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1993Notes Tape 1 audio CD: start of Tape ID is cut off at start of master cassette.; SUPPORT MATERIAL : Prints 3485-3494 -- Newspaper cuttings and copies of documents -- "Boatbuilding ; Immigrants and Residents on Riverside Drive, East Fremantle 1950-1970" / by Mara L. Sambrailo. Extended guide to contents/transcript of the same interview / by Sally R. MayDewey ClassOH/SAMAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes
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Barcode30118000425813LocationOral History Collection
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Sambrailo, Ante Drago, 1920-2011; Howroyd, Margaret, 'Old timbers you cannot bend' [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 16/12/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9463
