Interview with Victoria Hobbs [oral history] / / interviewer: Judy-Mary Seward
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AuthorHobbs, Victoria, 1907 - 1995; Seward, Judy-MaryDescriptionInterview with Victoria Hobbs. Family history -- Father's bootmaking business, Hay Street, Perth -- Mother's tearoom / grocery business South Perth 1911 -- World War II and its effect on the bootmaking trade -- Death of mother -- Changes in work, family life after World War II -- Values held by parents -- Schooling -- Nursing training at Royal Perth Hospital 1929-1932 -- 1930 - 3 months at Infectious Diseases Hospital, Subiaco -- 1933-34 midwifery training -- Private nursing -- 1935 sister Fremantle Hospital -- Working conditions -- 1937/38 Grosvenor Hospital, South Street Beaconsfield -- Organisation of the hospital and relationships between staff and with doctor -- Aboriginal workers -- Fremantle Lunatic Asylum and its use as a women's home/poor house and midwifery training centre -- Health care in the 1930's and home dutiesImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1982Collation7 CDsLanguageEnglishDate Published1982NotesAccess: To be consulted before any further use made Transcript includedDewey ClassOH/HOBAudio FormatCDDigital ItemYes
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Barcode30118000476766LocationOral History Collection
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Hobbs, Victoria, 1907 - 1995; Seward, Judy-Mary, Interview with Victoria Hobbs [oral history] / / interviewer: Judy-Mary Seward. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 12/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9644
