Interview with Hilda Jane Newman Hearne [oral history] / /interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorHearne, Hilda Jane, 1902 - 2000; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionIntroductory summary -- Born in Fremantle -- Family details -- Adoption by Alfred Chate after he married her mother Florence Newman -- Description of the timber house lined with hessian in Sewell Street -- Fashions and clothes -- Schooling -- Trams -- Caledonian Hall and Victoria Hall -- Queen's Square -- South Beach -- Sunday School -- Sister Allarina's work and Citizen of the Year Award (East Fremantle) -- Description of the East Fremantle area -- Scholarship to Princess May School in 1914 -- Mrs Hearne's grandfather -- 1915: scholarship to Perth Modern -- World War I: knitting for soldiers ; hospital ship Karoola ; end-of-war student parade on the oval at Princess May -- Pneumonic flu epidemic -- Monitor teacher at White Gum Valley School 1919 -- Teacher training -- Oyster Beds Restaurant in East Fremantle -- Gourley's sugar cane -- The Girls' Friendly Society visiting old ladies at the Fremantle AsylumImprint1985Collation2 sound cassettes (102 min.) + Guide to contents (3 leaves) + Collateral (5 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1985NotesInterviews conducted by Margaret Howroyd on 30th October, 18th November 1985 Access: Open Mrs Hearne corrected Holyoak to Havelock Centre on 25 November 1985Content NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL:SEE ALSO: B/CHATE [pamphlet file] Fremantle City Library Local History CollectionDewey ClassOH/HEAAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000223655LocationOral History Collection

PeopleAllarina SheridanChate FamilyHilda Jane Hearne (nee Newman)SubjectHouseworkCollectionOral History Collection

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