An Aboriginal child in Fremantle in the 1940s [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorWinch, Marie Joan, 1935 -; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionAboriginal parents -- Family moving to Fremantle so the children can be educated -- Skinner St area -- School at East Fremantle -- Language problems -- Move to Elvira St, Palmyra -- Few aboriginal families -- Laws for Aborigines -- Stereotyped attitudes -- Living off the land -- Health care -- Aboriginal people in the Fremantle area -- Childhood activities : swimming and fishing, trams, pocket money -- Selling figs and bottles -- Family finances -- Both parents working -- Father at the Gas Works -- Seamen's union -- Coby Heath -- Lumpers picnic -- Prejudice -- Leisure activities -- Cinema club -- Death of mother -- Princess May -- Work at Charlie Carters at 14. -- Ruling books at Spicers -- Packing sugar at Stammers -- Leaving home -- Work at St Helens hospital ; St Joseph's -- Red Cross -- Frequent job change -- Nursing training after 1975 -- Fremantle Tech for tertiary entranceImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1991Collation2 sound cassettes (65 min.) + guide to contents (4 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1991Dewey ClassOH/WINAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000443519LocationOral History Collection

PeopleMarie Joan Winch (nee Heath)SubjectSocial life and customsNurses and nursingSt Helen's Private HospitalWorld War, 1939-1945 - Social aspectsAboriginal - Health careCollectionOral History CollectionFirst Nations Collection

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