Interview with Mary Elizabeth Lane [oral history] / / interviewer: Larraine Stevens

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AuthorLane, Mary Elizabeth Alice, 1904 - 2001; Stevens, LarraineDescriptionFamily background -- Family arrived in W.A. in 1914 aboard the Osterley -- Father building a humpy on a block in Palmyra -- Father bitten by a scorpion and in hospital for 6 weeks -- Help from the Ugly Men's Association -- Living conditions -- Christmas pudding -- Depression -- Pocket money -- Father paid in kind for building double chimneys -- Bushwalks with teacher -- Conditions at school -- Sand fleas -- Fridays at Princess May School -- Cooking and dressmaking classes -- Going into service as a nursemaid -- Working in shops and doing housework -- Work for the Golden Age Day Nursery of the Children's Protection Society in West Leederville until marriage to Albert James Lane in 1926, a foreman for road survey camps -- Building a house in Harris Road, Bicton -- Childbirth -- Child rearing -- Commonwealth maternity benefit -- Child raising yesterday and today -- Kerosene lamps -- Ice deliveries -- The home garden -- Neighbours in Harris Road -- Bonnie Dune Dairy -- Household furniture and expenses around 1938 -- Collecting firewood -- Home deliveries -- Typical day -- Dad and Dave -- Birthday celebrations -- Holidays in Kalamunda -- Christmas and Easter -- Other important days -- Sunday picnics -- description of the house -- Picnics at Pt Walter -- Saturday nights with friends -- Reading -- Listening to the wireless -- Club memberships -- Discipline -- Relatives -- Politics -- Health care and childhood illnesses -- ReligionImprint1982Collation3 sound cassettes (270 min.) + Guide to contents (9 leaves)Series Title Australia 1938 Oral History ProjectLanguageEnglishDate Published1982NotesInterviews conducted by Larraine Stevens on 24 June, 20 and 29 July 1982. Access: open Master tape kept at the National Library (Canberra, ACT). Copies of master tape held at Battye Library and Fremantle City Library Local History CollectionContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: See also B/LANE [pamphlet file] Fremantle City Library Local History CollectionDewey ClassOH/LANAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000476642LocationOral History Collection

PeopleMary Elizabeth Alice LaneSubjectHousehold economySocial life and customsCollectionOral History Collection

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