Fremantle Women's Prison, a verbatim transcript [oral history] / / interviewer: Erica Harvey

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AuthorWilliams, Sister Ella, 1915 - 1999; Harvey, EricaCorporate AuthorJ.S. Battye Library of West Australian History Oral History UnitDescriptionSister Ella Williams has spent almost all her life in or around Fremantle -- WW Williams. Family Grocer -- Schooling at White Gum Valley Primary and Princess May -- Methodist Sundays -- Office work at Joyce Brothers -- The Depression and World War II -- 1948: Mission Sister at the Fremantle Methodist Mission -- Taking part as a soloist in services at the chapel of Fremantle Prison -- Visiting the Women's Prison for the first time with Rev. Percy Clarke -- Support for ex-prisoners -- Prisoners' Aid Society/Association -- Matron Jean Iles -- Handicrafts -- Major O'Neil of the Salvation Army -- Christmas parcels for the inmates -- Christmas entertainment -- Prison work -- Uniforms -- Aboriginal prisoners -- Pregnancy -- Dr Bean the Women's Prison doctor -- Punishment cell -- Daily routine -- Learning and library facilities -- Anecdotes -- Retirement at 60 -- Volunteer work with Mother Theresa in CalcuttaImprintMagna Entertainment, 1992.Collation2 sound cassettes (110 min.) + Transcript (35 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1992NotesInterview conducted by Erica Harvey on 20 November 1992. Transcription by: Sheana Masterson. Access: open. Transcript only held in the Fremantle City Library Local History Collection at the time of cataloguing. Index includedContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: Original tapes and transcript held at the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History. Oral History Unit -- Battye reference OH 2230/16Dewey ClassOH/WILAudio FormatCassette

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Barcode30118000229462LocationOral History Collection

PeopleJean Florence IlesElla Williams (Sister)SubjectWomen prisonersFremantle Prison - Conservation and restorationCollectionOral History Collection

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