Interview with Ailsa Grace Maley [oral history] / / interviewer: Larraine Stevens

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AuthorMaley, Ailsa Grace (nee Lyons), 1927-; Stevens, LarraineDescriptionBorn in North Fremantle -- 9 children in the family -- Family details -- ANZAC Day celebrations -- Business in Adelaide Street -- The dingo at the flour mill -- Depression -- The health clinic at the Base Hospital -- Trams -- Starting at Richmond Primary School in East Fremantle -- Mills and Wares school case -- Diphtheria -- Teachers -- Public holidays, celebrations and special events at school -- Description of games played in the school yard -- Swimming carnival and rounders -- Lunchtime on school days -- Milk bottles -- After school activities -- Joining the Brownies -- Help around the home -- Detailed description of the new house in Bicton -- Meals -- Household economy -- Shops, tradespeople and deliveries -- Prescriptions -- Childhood diseases -- Cost of basic items -- During the Depression -- Eating out -- Family celebrations -- South Beach -- Family outings -- The Point Walter tram -- Movies -- Newspapers and magazines -- Books and lending library -- Social activities -- Behaviour -- Father's death -- Class and politics -- Health care and home remedies -- Vaccination -- The elderly -- Religion and Sunday school -- Ethnic groups and Aborigines -- The British Empire and the Royal Family -- Long trousers -- Shopping in Fremantle -- The automatic cashier in Pellews -- Commonwealth Bank pencil cases -- Wildflowers in Bicton -- Childrens' clubs -- Factory smellsImprint1982Collation5 CDsSeries Title Australia 1938 Oral History ProjectLanguageEnglishDate Published1982NotesInterview conducted by Larraine Stevens on 11 March 1982. Access: open. Master tape of the interview held at the National Library (Canberra, A.C.T.) -- Copy only held in the Fremantle City Library Local History Collection -- A copy is also kept at Battye LibraryContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: Photocopy of letter dated 15 March 1982, supplementing details given in the interview: tuberculosis, gum-tree saplings at Christmas, the "night-soil man". See also B/LYONS (Pamphlet files) in the Fremantle City Library Local History CollectionDewey ClassOH/MALAudio FormatCDDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000473813LocationOral History Collection

PeopleAilsa Grace Maley (nee Lyons)SubjectSocial statusHousehold economyDepression, 1929 CollectionOral History Collection

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