Fremantle during World War II [oral history] / / interviewer: Gerda Fowler
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AuthorShea, Frances (nee Gray), 1909 - 2000; Fowler, GerdaDescriptionOrigin of her name -- Father a tally clerk on the wharf after WWI -- Bakers' Union -- Home and school life while a child -- Commercial studies at Fremantle Technical School for a year -- Miss Payne teaching shorthand & typing -- Junior certificate -- Clerk at the Australian Worker -- John Curtin -- Working conditions -- Trades Hall in Fremantle -- Fremantle Young People's Ideal Club (Ideal Club) founded -- Labor Day parade -- Member of the Clerks Union -- Sex education and birth control -- Abortionists -- Sex industry -- Homosexuals -- Activities at the Ideal Club -- Courtship -- Marrying a policeman -- Dr Alan Bean -- Sister Scott -- Babies -- Police quarters in Henderson St -- Furniture and appliances -- Domestic help -- Meals -- Sickness -- East Fremantle Police Station accommodation -- Groceries delivered -- Celebrations -- Trams -- Politics and politicians -- Father in Parliament, chairman of the Fremantle Hospital BoardImprint1982Collation4 sound cassettes (360 min.) + verbatim transcript (243 p.)Series Title Australia 1938 Oral History ProjectLanguageEnglishDate Published1982NotesMaster held by the National Library. Copies at Battye Library. No copy held at Fremantle.Dewey ClassOH/SHEAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemNo
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Barcode30118000226351LocationOral History Collection
Request AccessPlease email the Fremantle History Centre: lhc@fremantle.wa.gov.au
Shea, Frances (nee Gray), 1909 - 2000; Fowler, Gerda, Fremantle during World War II [oral history] / / interviewer: Gerda Fowler. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 13/11/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9621
