'Everyone needed help' [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorUlrich, Elizabeth (nee Ahern), 1901-1995; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionIntroduction and family background -- 1st house in Jenkins St (South Fremantle) with electricity -- Funerals -- Father's carrying business -- Shipping gold at night -- Carting sugar for CSR Refinery -- Boarding at St Joseph's Convent -- Schooling at Miss Hancock's private school, Beaconsfield Primary and Princess May -- Nurse training at Princess Margaret Hospital -- 1st Children's Hospital trained nurse on the staff at Fremantle Hospital -- Nurses' work and social life -- The Ulrich family -- Houses in View Terrace -- Married Victor Ulrich -- Honeymoon in Kalamunda -- Victor Ulrich's career from Union Secretary to local government and mayor of East Fremantle -- World War II -- Charity work during the Depression -- Food and clothing parcels for needy people -- Sustenance workers -- Fremantle and East Fremantle -- Refugees during World War II -- Billeting -- Air raid precautions -- Red Cross and knitting -- Miss Locke -- Mothers and Babes -- Lecturing at St John's Ambulance -- Girls Friendly Society -- Becoming a J.P. -- Official visitor to the Fremantle Women's Prison from 1958 -- Sitting on the Matrimonial Court -- Role as a mayoress -- Politics and the role of womenImprint[1984]Collation2 sound cassettes (105 min.) + Guide to contents (2 leaves) + Transcript (77 leaves) + Collateral (6 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1984NotesInterview conducted by Margaret Howroyd on 24 February 1984. Access: open. Transcript includedContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: Typed account of her life (3 p.) ; Jack Lee. This is East Fremantle pp. 93 & 110-111 ; extract from West Australian of 28 May 1964Dewey ClassOH/ULRAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000443691LocationOral History Collection

PeopleUlrich FamilyElizabeth Ulrich (nee Ahern)SubjectWomen prisonersFremantle Prison - Conservation and restorationCollectionOral History Collection

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