Amusements at Point Walter and South Beach [oral history] / / interviewer: Rhoda Pooley

DESCRIPTION

AuthorWright, Percy George, 1886 - 1981; Pooley, RhodaDescriptionArrived in Fremantle in 1910 on the Kilpara -- Working as a carpenter -- Boarding house opposite the railway station -- Medicinal brandy -- Buying a block of land and building a house -- Fiancee coming -- Cost cutting -- Wedding -- Building another house, from plans bought in London -- Building a helter skelter in 1915 -- Building merry-go-rounds as a hobby -- Winter and summer work -- Leases at Pt Walter and South Beach -- Making horses -- Crabbing -- Church -- Cars and shopping -- Pressed metal ceilings -- Grosvenor and Fremantle hospitals -- Wages -- Tools and cost of things -- Working at agricultural shows and fairs -- Zoo merry-go-round -- Mr Bishop -- Preparing tails and painting horses -- Ginger beer -- Oak casks -- Carpenters' union picnic to Garden IslandImprintFremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Society, [197?]CollationMP3LanguageEnglishDate Published197?NotesSupport material: B/Wright -- Prints 2053 D-IDewey ClassOH/WRIAudio FormatDigitalDigital ItemYes

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BarcodeSTOCK0599716XBLocationOral History Collection

PeoplePercy George WrightSubjectCarpenters / CarpentrySouth BeachCollectionOral History Collection

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