Verbatim transcript of an interview with Noel Coward [oral history] / / interviewer: Erica Harvey

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AuthorCoward, Noel, 1949-; Harvey, EricaCorporate AuthorJ.S. Battye Library of West Australian History Oral History Unit Fremantle Prison Oral History ProjectDescriptionBorn in Tasmania in 1949 -- Loses one eye when 6 or 7 -- Institutionalised at an early age, with very limited access to schooling -- In a security division at 11 -- Living with your name -- Life in institutions for boys -- Fear -- Literacy -- Inmate in various prisons -- Fremantle Prison compared to others -- Arrival at Fremantle Prison -- New Division -- Sorting of prisoners -- Prison cells -- Communication between prisoners -- Buying comforts -- Prison smells -- Time and ways to measure it -- Prison temperature -- Prison showers -- Food and meals -- Recreation -- Work gangs -- Long nights -- Christabel Chamarette -- Violence in the yard -- Surveillance -- Escapes -- Protection Division -- Prison tourism -- Education in prisons -- Prison library -- Punishment -- The visiting Justice -- Punishment cells -- Work and pay rates of prisoners -- Prison canteen -- Prison hospital -- Prison officers -- Going to court while in prison -- Psychological services -- Self-mutilation -- Experimentation with tattoos and vaccinations -- Religion in prison -- Drugs and drug trafficking -- Tennis balls -- Homebrew -- Homosexuality -- Cell searches -- Visitors -- Aboriginal prisoners -- Non-English speaking prisoners -- Christmas in prison -- Life after prisonImprint1994Collation5 sound cassettes (260 min.) + Transcript (389 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1994NotesInterview conducted by Erica Harvey on 10, 22, 29 November and 6 December 1994. Transcription by: Sheana Masterson. Access: Research: open -- Publication: written permission of Noel Coward required. 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 2230/28Dewey ClassOH/COWAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemNo

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PeopleNoel CowardSubjectFremantle Prison - Officials and EmployeesPrisonersFremantle Prison - Prisoner recreationFremantle Prison - Conservation and restorationCollectionOral History Collection