Finding aid
KABAILA_P03
Sound recordings collected by
Peter Rimas Kabaila, 1993-1999
Prepared July 2015 by RS
Last updated 6 December 2016
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Date:
1993-1999
Extent:
55 audio-cassettes
Production history
These oral history recordings were collected between 1993 and 1999 during interviews conducted by
archaeologist/architect Peter Kabaila who travelled to various places in New South Wales, the
Australian Capital Territory, and Victoria. Interviewees include Sibby Johnson, Esther Cutmore, Ethel
Baxter, Elma Pearsall, Christine Sloane, Josie Ingram, Susan Hart, Barbara Hart, Albert Daly, Roley
Williams, Neville Lyons, Daphne Bell, Bertha Bell, Ossie Ingram, Hilary Crawford, Agnes Shea, Coral
Kennedy, Ruby McGuiness, Tony Peachey, Vince Bulger, Eddie Foster, Eddie Kneebone, Margaret
Moore, Joyce Williams, Valda Keed, Alan Mongta, John Pender, Budda Murray, Collon Mullet, Albert
Mullet, Gladys Edwards, John Mumbulla, Reg Russell, Nellie England, Mamie King, Janet Thomas,
Joyce Ingram, Norma Morgan, Rose Whittaker, Sybil Kilham, Clancy Charles, Alice Williams, Bucky
Burns, Les Kubank, James Morgan, Jean Bundle.
The various places where people were interviewed include the following: Willow Bend, Erambie,
Cowra, Queanbeyan, Blacktown, Grong Grong, Narrandera, Yass, Dubbo, Tumut, Wallaga Lake,
Goulburn, Eugowra, Wellington, Peak Hill, Bodalla, Kylie's Run, Murrin Bridge, Redfern, Sydney,
Three Ways, Griffith, and Wagga Wagga, in N.S.W., Canberra and Hall, in the A.C.T., Wodonga, Cann
River, Orbost, Bairnsdale, and Lake Tyers, in Victoria. This collection was deposited with AIATSIS on
28 May 1999.
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ARCHIVIST'S NOTE
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ITEM LIST
Archive
number
Field
recording
number
Description
028967
1
Oral history of Willow Bend with “Sibby” Johnson
028968
028969
2
Oral history of Erambie with Esther Cutmor
028970
3A
Oral history of Bushranger's Creek and Wellington with Ethel
Baxter
028971
3B
Oral history of Wellington with Alex Williams
028972
028973
4
Oral history of Rye Park with Elma Pearsall
028974
028975
5
Oral history of Condobolin with Christine Sloane
028976
028977
6
Oral history of Orange and Erambie with Josie Ingram
028978
028979
7
Oral history of Cootamundra Girls Home with Susan and
Barbara Hart
028980
028981
9
Oral history of Cootamundra Girls Home with Albert Daly
028982
10
Oral history of Aboriginal housing with Roley Williams
028983
028984
11
Oral history of Narrandera with Neville Lyons
028985
028986
12
Oral history of Cootamundra Girls Home with Daphne and
Bertha Bell
028987
028988
13
Oral history of Narrandera with Ossie Ingram
028989
14
Oral history of Narrandera with Ossie Ingram
028990
028991
16
Oral history of Yass with Hilary Crawford and Agnes Shea
028992
028993
17
Oral history of Yass with Coral Kennedy
028994
028995
18
Oral history of Talbragar with Ruby McGuiness and Tony
Peachey
028996
028997
19
Oral histroy of Brungle with Vince Bulger
028998
028999
20
Oral history of Wallaga Lake with Eddie Foster
029200
029201
21
Oral history of Wiradjuri region with Eddie Kneebone
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Archive
number
Field
recording
number
Description
029202
22
Oral history of Rye Park with Elma Pearsall
029203
029204
23
Oral history of Wiradjuri region with Margaret Moore
029205
24
Oral history of Wellington with Joyce Williams
029206
029207
25
Oral history of Wellington with Joyce Williams
029208
26
Oral history of Wellington with Joyce Williams
029209
029210
27
Oral history of Peak Hill with Valda Keed
029211
28
Oral history of Brungle with Vince Bulger
029212
029213
29
Oral history of Brungle with Vince Bulger
029214
029215
30
Oral history on coastal life with Alan Mongta
029216
31A
Oral history on coastal life with John Pender
029217
31B
Oral history of Orbost with Budda Murray
029218
32A
Discussion on heritage management with Collon Mullet
029219
32B
Oral history of Lake Tyers with Gladys Edwards
029220
029221
33
Oral history on coastal life with John Mumbulla
029222
34
Oral history on heritage management with Reg Russell
029223
029224
35
Oral history of living at Yass and Canberra with Nellie England
029225
36
Oral history of living along the South Coast with Alan Mongta
029226
029227
37
Oral history of living at Brungle with Reg Russell
029228
029229
38
Oral history of living at Murrin Bridge with Mamie King and
Janet Thomas
029230
029231
39
Oral history of living at Leeton and Redfern with Joyce Ingram
and Norma Morgan
029232
029233
40
Oral history of living in several places with Rose Whittaker
029234
029235
41
Oral history of working at Cootamundra Girls Home with Sybil
Killham
029236
43
Oral history of heritage management with Reg Russell
029237
44
Oral history of growing up around Yass with Hilary Crawford
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Archive
number
Field
recording
number
Description
and Agnes Shea
029238
45
Oral history of living at Narrandera with Neville Lyons
029239
46
Oral history of living at Narrandera with Neville Lyons
029240
029241
47
Oral history of living at Three Ways, Griffith with Clancy
Charles
029242
029243
48
Oral history of living at Yass and Canberra with Nellie England
029244
49
Oral history of The Sandhills, Griffith with Alice Williams
029245
50
Oral history of Dubbo with 'Bucky' Burns
029246
029247
51
Oral history of The Sandhills, Griffith with Alice Williams
029248
53
Oral history of Darlington Point with Les Kubank
029249
029250
54
Oral history of Leeton with James Morgan
029251
55
Oral history of Cootamundra Girls Home with Jean Bundle
029252
55B
Oral history of Jackson's Track with Albert and Collon Mullet
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ITEM DESCRIPTIONS
028967/1
Performer/speaker(s): Sibby Johnson.
Personal subject(s):
Tommy Taylor, Ernie Knight, Biddie Brien, Johnny Little, Dan Ward, Roy
Cunningham, Harold Williams, Albert Bennell, Mickey Bennell, Jimmy
Sharman.
Subject keywords:
Settlement and contacts – Government settlements, reserves, Occupations –
Pastoral industry workers, Employment – Seasonal and casual, Law
enforcement – Punishment, Child welfare – Children's homes, Sport –
Boxing, Politics and Government – Civil rights and citizenship.
Language/people:
English/ Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Willow Bend (Condobolin SW NSW SI55-07), Murie (Condobolin, SW NSW
SI55-07).
Recording quality:
Fair to good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028967
Description
Sibby Johnson speaks of his school
days on Willow Bend Mission,
rations and of being sent to an
institution.
00:07:00
Sibby Johnson speaks of the
mission managers, of casual and
seasonal work, the “Murie mob' and
rations.
00:14:30
Sibby Johnson speaks of the
institution at Mittagong, of tent
boxing, and of civil liberties.
00:30:50
Sibby Johnson speaks of working
on a sheep/cattle station, his
marriage, his grandchildren and of
the establishment of a soup kitchen.
00:35:25
End of field recording 1 and end of
KABAILA_P03-028967.
Date
Place
April 1996
Willow Bend, NSW
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028968 + 028969/2
Performer/speaker(s): Esther Cutmore
Personal subject(s):
Ronnie Merritt, Mr Ridgeway, Tom (brother), Alek Jackomos, Peter Read,
Ernie Whitty, Josie Whitty, Doc Simpson, Joe Simpson, Tommy
MacGuinness, Cecil Coe, Josie Ingram, Dulcie, Agnes.
Subject keywords:
Religions – Christianity – Missions – Australian Inland Mission, Education –
Secondary, Defence – Armed forces, Crime – Juvenile delinquency.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Erambie (Cowra, SW NSW SI55-08), Singleton (NSW N Coast SI56-01),
Young (SW NSW SI55-11).
Recording quality:
Fair to good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028968
Description
Date
Place
April 1996
Erambie, Cowra,
NSW
Esther Cutmore speaks of the AIM April 1996
and church rallies/conventions.
Erambie, Cowra,
NSW
Esther Cutmore speaks of the
history of Erambie after it was a
mission. She speaks of her
education and employment.
00:12:10
Esther Cutmore speaks of the
managers at Erambie.
00:29:40
Esther Cutmore speaks of
Aboriginal returned servicemen.
00:33:50
Esther Cutmore speaks of present
day youth.
00:41:13
End of KABAILA_P03-028968.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028969
00:17:30
Esther Cutmore speaks of the
segregation.
00:20:20
Esther Cutmore speaks of the
manager and his wife at Erambie.
She speaks of the rations given to
the people.
00:40:20
Esther Cutmore speaks of the
resettlement of people to Erambie,
as well as away from the area.
00:47:51
End of field recording 2 and end of
KABAILA_P03-028969.
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028970/3A
Performer/speaker(s): Ethel Baxter.
Personal subject(s):
Mrs Bell, Mrs Taylor, (?) Johnson.
Subject keywords:
Education - Schools – Attendance, Socio-economic conditions – living
conditions, Race relations – Racial discrimination – Education.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Dubbo (N NSW SI55-04), Nanima (Wellington, N NSW SI55-04), Wellington
(N NSW SI55-04), Gulargambone (N NSW SH55-15), Mudgee (N NSW
SI55-04).
Recording quality:
Poor.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028970
Description
Ethel Baxter speaks of her time
living at Gulargambone. She talks
about going to school.
00:12:05
Ethel Baxter speaks of her time
living at Bushranger's Creek.
00:30:10
Ethel Baxter speaks of her home at
Bushranger's Creek.
00:44:30
Ethel Baxter speaks of schooling
issues for her family.
01:02:35
End of field recording 3a and end
of KABAILA_P03-028970.
1
Date
Place
February
1996
Queanbeyan, NSW.
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028971/3B
Performer/speaker(s): Alex Williams
Subject keywords:
Economic sectors – Agriculture and horticulture – Gardening, Education –
Schools – Attendance.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Coonabarabran (N NSW SH55-16), Coonamble (N NSW SH55-11),
Gulargambone (N NSW SHI55-15), Nanima (Wellington, N NSW SI55-04),
Wellington (N NSW SI55-04), Queanbeyan (S NSW SI55-16), Canberra
(ACT SI55-16).
Recording quality:
Poor.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028971
Description
Alex Williams speaks of the places
in NSW he travelled to as a child.
00:07:00
Alex Williams speaks of the market
gardens in Wellington. He also
speaks about the families who lived
there.
00:18:50
Alex Williams speaks about coming
to Canberra.
00:27:00
Alex Williams speaks of the families
that lived at Nanima.
01:02:34
End of field recording 3b and end
of KABAILA_P03-028971.
1
Date
Place
February
1996
Canberra, ACT.
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028972 + 028973/4
Performer/speaker(s): Elma Pearsall.
Personal subject(s):
Agnes Shea, Les Williams, Millie Brown, Granny Brown, Esther Lane, Bruce
Lane, John Bell, Harry Lane, Rachel Williams, Caroline, Kathleen O'Grady,
Alec Bell.
Subject keywords:
Occupations - Pastoral industry workers – Shearers, Education - Schools –
Attendance, Socio-economic conditions – living conditions.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Rye Park (S NSW SI55-12).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028972
Description
Elma Pearsall speaks of the home
she lived in.
00:10:05
Elma Pearsall speaks of her
schooling at Rye Park.
00:18:50
End of KABAILA_P03-028972.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028973
Elma Pearsall speaks of living at
Rye Park.
00:15:20
Elma Pearsall speaks of adoption
processes.
00:26:00
Elma Pearsall speaks of racism.
00:30:44
End of Field recording 4 and end of
KABAILA_P03-028973.
Date
Place
October
1995
Goulburn, NSW.
October
1995
Goulburn, NSW.
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028974 + 028975/5
Performer/speaker(s): Christine Sloane, and an unidentified male speaker.
Personal subject(s):
Rosie, Nancy, Mickey Wighton, William and Kathleen Brandy, Kathleen and
William Johnson, Greg Ingram, Geraldine Ingram, Wally Newman, Reggie
Singh, Bobby Wighton, Mickey Wighton, Gundy Wighton, Evonne
Goolagong, Alice Woods, Charlie Perkins, Wilma Wighton, Lois Goolagong,
Betty Brandy, Leslie Orley, Shirley Coe, Bonnie Merritt, ? Conkey.
Subject keywords:
Occupations - Pastoral industry workers – Shearers, Settlement and contacts Government settlements, reserves, Religions - Christianity - Missions Aborigines Inland Mission.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Canberra (ACT SI55-16), Murie (Condobolin, SW NSW SI55-07),
Condobolin (SW NSW SI55-07), Sydney (NSW SI56-05).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028974
Description
Date
Place
Christine Sloane and an unidentified
male talk about living at the Murie.
1996
Canberra, ACT.
1996
Canberra, ACT.
00:10:20
Christine Sloane talks about
negative media coverage of her
community.
00:24:10
Christine Sloane talks about the
religious services.
00:27:23
End of KABAILA_P03-028974.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028975
Christine Sloane continues
discussion with an unidentified male
speaker.
00:14:00
Christine Sloane talks of racial
discrimination.
00:33:35
Christine Sloane mentions the
housing changes.
00:55:40
Christine Sloane talks about moving
to Canberra.
01:03:25
End of field recording 5 and end of
KABAILA_P03-028975.
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028976 + 028977/6
Performer/speaker(s): Josie Ingram.
Personal subject(s):
Rebecca & Lawrence Bamblett, Major Murray, Eva, Frances, Yvonne & Joe
Moynihan, Ethel Bamblett, Mavis Bamblett, Billy Merritt, Syddie Glass, Mrs
Irons, George Pickering, Wilma Perry, Ruth Tonkins, Ray King.
Subject keywords:
Employment – Seasonal and casual, Socio-economic conditions – Living
conditions.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Orange (SW NSW SI55-08), Cootamundra (SW NSW SH55-11), Erambie
(Cowra, SW NSW SI55-08), The Springs (SW NSW SI55-08).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028976
Description
Date
Place
Josie Ingram speaks about leaving
April 1996
the Springs and moving to Erambie,
Cowra.
Erambie, Cowra
NSW.
00:15:10
Josie Ingram mentions the old
church at Erambie.
00:37:05
Josie Ingram speaks about children
being sent to Cootamundra and
Kinchela children's homes.
00:47:11
End of KABAILA_P03-028976.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028977
Josie Ingrams speaks about people
who lived closer to the bridge.
00:12:25
Josie Ingram speaks about the living
conditions in Erambie.
00:38:11
End of field recording 6 and end of
KABAILA_P03-028977.
April 1996
Erambie, Cowra
NSW.
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028978 + 028979/7
Performer/speaker(s): Barbara Hart and Susan Hart.
Personal subject(s):
Mrs Giles.
Subject keywords:
Child welfare - Child/parent separation – Stolen generations, Socio-economic
conditions – Living conditions.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Mitchell (SW Qld SG55-11), Brewarrina (N NSW SH55-06), Roseville (Sydney
NSW SI56-05), Angledool (N NSW SH55-07).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028978
Description
Date
Place
Susan Hart is introduced. Barbara
Hart speaks of the move to
Brewarrina.
1994
Blacktown, NSW.
1994
Blacktown, NSW.
00:11:39
Barbara Hart speaks of the daily
routine at Cootamundra Girls
Home.
00:26:00
Barbara Hart and Susan Hart speak
about the grandparents protecting
their children.
00:31:01
End KABAILA_P03-028978.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028979
Barbara and Susan Hart speak
about the housing at West
Brewarrina.
00:07:59
End of field recording 7 and end of
KABAILA_P03-028979.
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028980 + 028981/9
Performer/speaker(s): Albert Daly.
Personal subject(s):
Sergent Haskew, Coral, Lola, Betty Ellis, Betty Sealer, Carol Jameson, Margery
Woodrow, Johnny Craig, Marie Mitchell, Judith Darcy, Lorraine Darcy, Ruth
Samuels, Shirley Coombs, Bernie Gardiner, Iris Clayton, Lesley, Janis, Judy.
Subject keywords:
Child welfare - Child/parent separation – Stolen generations.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Cootamundra (SW NSW SH55-11).
Recording quality:
Poor to Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028980
Description
Albert Daly provides general
conversation about the treatment of
Aboriginal people.
00:12:00
Albert Daly speaks about the girls
being good at sport.
00:24:34
End of KABAILA_P03-028980.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028981
Albert Daly speaks about the
Cootamundra Girls Home.
00:08:00
Albert Daly speaks about the
training of some girls.
00:30:42
End of field recording 9 and end of
KABAILA_P03-028981.
Date
Place
May 1995
Canberra, ACT.
May 1995
Canberra, ACT.
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028982/10
Performer/speaker(s): Roley Williams.
Subject keywords:
Housing – house construction.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Recording quality:
Poor.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028982
Description
Date
Roley Williams talks about house
construction.
April Grong Grong, NSW.
1995
00:14:40
Roley Williams talks about the land
council.
00:31:03
End of field recording 10 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028982.
Place
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028983 + 028984/11
Performer/speaker(s): Neville Lyons.
Personal subject(s):
Moolbong, (Bill) Gammage, Ned Ryan.
Subject keywords:
Race relations – Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Murdering Island (SW NSW SI55-10), Poisoned Waterholes Creek (SW NSW
SI55-10), Warangesda/Darlington Point (SW NSW SI55 10).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028983
Description
Date
Place
Neville Lyons talks about a local
massacre.
1995
Narrandera, NSW.
1995
Narrandera, NSW.
00:14:40
Neville Lyons and unidentified
female talk about lone survivor of
massacre.
00:26:45
End of KABAILA_P03-028983.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028984
Neville Lyons talks about hunting
with his grandfather.
00:13:25
Neville Lyons talks about
Aboriginal stockmen.
00:25:20
Neville Lyons talks about the
various sports that were played.
00:39:00
Neville Lyons remembers the
children who were taken to
Cootamundra and Kinchela.
00:47:49
End of field recording 11 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028984.
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028985 + 028986/12
Performer/speaker(s): Daphne and Bertha Bell.
Personal subject(s):
Anne Deveson.
Subject keywords:
Child welfare – Child/parent separation – Stolen generations.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Nowra (NSW S Coast SI56-09), Cootamundra (SW NSW SH55-11),
Hollywood (S NSW SI55-12), Yass (S NSW SI55-12), Temora (SW NSW
SI555-11), Sydney (NSW SI56-05).
Recording quality:
Poor.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028985
Description
Date
Place
Daphne and Bertha Bell are
discussing photographs.
1994
Blacktown, NSW.
1994
Blacktown, NSW.
00:09:00
Daphne and Bertha Bell discuss
Cootamundra Girls Home.
00:14:30
Daphne and Bertha Bell talk about
a film of the girls home by Anne
Deveson.
00:21:45
Daphne and Bertha Bell talk about
their first jobs.
00:30:42
End of KABAILA_P03-028985.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028986
Daphne talks about the time when
she was 18 years old.
00:06:45
Daphne talks about her
employment.
00:17:43
End of field recording 12 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028986.
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028987 + 028988/13
Performer/speaker(s): Ossie Ingram.
Personal subject(s):
Jimmy Richie, Lillian Cabot, James Ingram, 'old' Ossie Ingram, Jimmy Stanley,
Billy Weir, Tom 'Tiger' Lyons, Alf Bamblett, Elize, Jim Ingram, Neville, Alf
Bamblett Snr, Mrs Lyons, Roley Williams, Billy, Mary Bamblett, Denis
Ingram.
Subject keywords:
Dance – recreational, Housing – House construction, Housing – Home
ownership.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Erambie (Cowra, SW NSW SI55-08).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028987
Description
Ossie Ingram talks about his
personal history.
00:15:20
Ossie Ingram talks about living at
the Sandhills.
00:31:30
Ossie Ingram speaks about the
relationship between local
townspeople and the people living
at the Sandhills.
00:47:10
End of KABAILA_P03-028987.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028988
Ossie Ingram talks about social
dances that people organised.
00:14:00
Ossie Ingram mentions a child who
was taken away.
00:29:02
Ossie Ingram talks about the land
that was purchased and also about
Hill 60.
00:46:38
End of field recording 13 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028988.
Date
Place
March Grong Grong, NSW.
1995
March Grong Grong, NSW.
1995
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028989/14
Performer/speaker(s): Ossie Ingram.
Personal subject(s):
Max Scott, Bobby Carroll, Harriett Howe, Gerry Bamblett, Billy Weir, Jimmy
Ingram, 'Tiger' Lyons, Kevin Williams, Mrs Morgan, Evonne Goolagong.
Subject keywords:
Housing – House construction. Economic sectors – Agriculture and
horticulture – Fruit and vegetable.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Sandhills (Narrandera, SW NSW SI55-10), Woolscour Reserve (Narrandera
SW NSW SI55-10).
Recording quality:
Fair.
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number
Timing
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KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028989
Description
Date
Ossie Ingram talks about houses
being constructed.
1995 Grong Grong, NSW.
00:18:10
Ossie Ingram mentions the move to
Hill 60.
00:32:25
Ossie Ingram speaks of the
different jobs that he had.
00:47:46
End of field recording 14 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028989.
Place
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Page 20 of 61
028990 + 028991/16
Performer/speaker(s): Hilary Crawford and Agnes Shea.
Personal subject(s):
Effie Carroll, Helen Russell, Jacqueline Cross, Rosemary Williams, Sister
Loretta.
Subject keywords:
Housing – House construction, Socio-economic conditions – living
conditions.
Language/people:
English/Ngunnawal people.
Places:
Hollywood (S NSW SI55-12), Warangesda/Darlington Point (SW NSW SI5510).
Recording quality:
Fair to good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028990
Description
Hilary Crawford and Agnes Shea
talk about a picture of Hollywood
mission.
00:14:20
Hilary Crawford and Agnes Shea
talk about their living arrangements
at Hollywood.
00:31:12
End of KABAILA_P03-028990.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028991
Hilary Crawford and Agnes Shea
discuss the name 'Hollywood' aka
Yass Aboriginal Mission.
00:18:30
Hilary Crawford and Agnes Shea
talk about Christmas celebrations at
Hollywood.
00:31:07
End of field recording 16 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028991.
Date
Place
July 1995
Yass, NSW.
July 1995
Yass, NSW.
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Page 21 of 61
028992 + 028993/17
Performer/speaker(s): Coral Kennedy.
Personal subject(s):
John Kennedy, Eileen, Ossie Brown, King, Stella, Ivy, Jean Bell, Alyssa,
Christine, Effie Carroll, Mary Kennedy, Mrs Bell, Frank Brown, Tom Brown,
Sam Brown, Josie, Dr English, Kitty English.
Subject keywords:
Education – schools, Religions – Christianity – Religious education.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Yass (S NSW SI55-12), Goulburn (S NSW SI55-12), Hollywood (S NSW
SI55-12).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
Date
Place
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028992
Coral Kennedy talks about her
childhood.
1995
Yass, NSW.
00:14:30
Coral Kennedy talks about her
grandmother's family.
00:29:05
Coral Kennedy talks about the
orphanage at Goulburn.
00:47:50
End of KABAILA_P03-028992.
1995
Yass, NSW.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028993
Coral Kennedy talks about daily life
as a young child.
00:07:10
Coral Kennedy describes houses
and the church.
00:15:40
End of field recording 17 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028993.
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Page 22 of 61
028994 + 028995/18
Performer/speaker(s): Ruby McGuiness and Tony Peachey.
Personal subject(s):
Mrs Mitchell, Alec Riley, Jack Riley, Esther Smith, Maxie Smith, Billy Burke,
Jimmy Governor, Bucky Burns, Elva, Billy Ferguson, Bobby Burns, Harold
Taylor, Ted Taylor, Maurie Wright, Bill Pearce.
Subject keywords:
Employment conditions – child labour, Race relations – attitudes, Religions –
Christianity – Religious education.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri and Gamilaraay people.
Places:
Dubbo (N NSW SI55-04), Talbragar (N NSW SH55-16), Terramungamine
( N NSW SI55-04), Sydney (NSW SI56-05), Nyngan (N NSW SH55-15),
Murdi Paaki/Bourke (N NSW SH55-10).
Recording quality:
Fair
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028994
Description
Ruby McGuiness talks about daily
life at Talbragar.
00:11:30
Ruby McGuiness talks about her
father, Alec Riley.
00:27:20
Tony Peachey talks about Jimmy
Governor.
00:47:13
End of KABAILA_P03-028994.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028995
Ruby McGuiness talks about
visitors to Talbragar.
00:5:30
Ruby McGuiness and Tony Peachey
talk about community relations.
00:10:09
End of field recording 18 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028995.
Date
Place
May 1998
Dubbo, NSW.
May 1998
Dubbo, NSW.
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Page 23 of 61
028996 + 028997/19
Performer/speaker(s): Vince Bulger.
Personal subject(s):
Jack Riley, Alec Riley, Bucky Burns, Billy Hughes, Clive Freeman, Fred
Freeman, Pat Freeman, Buck Freeman, Violet, Eveline, Matilda, Ruth Naden,
Mary Carr, Jack Hickey, Tom Hickey, Billy Hamilton, Digger Hickey, George
Hickey.
Subject keywords:
Law enforcement – police trackers, Occupations – Pastoral industry workers –
Drovers/Stockmen. Technology – tools.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Dubbo (N NSW SI55-04), Nowra (NSW S Coast SI56-09), Bega
/Candelo/Tathra (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04), Cooma (S NSW SJ55-04),
Tumbarumba (SW NSW SI55-15), Wee Jasper (S NSW SI55-16).
Recording quality:
Fair to good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028996
Description
Date
Place
Vince Bulger speaks about 'The
Man from Snowy River'.
1997
Tumut, NSW.
1997
Tumut, NSW.
00:22:55
Vince Bulger speaks about the time
he spent with his grandfather.
00:41:50
Vince Bulger speaks about the
nearby places where people worked.
47:48
End of KABAILA_P03-028996.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028997
Vince Bulger talks about his father
prospecting in his spare time.
00:14:15
Vince Bulger talks of the socialising
on Saturday nights.
00:31:10
Vince Bulger speaks of the
interaction between Wiradjuri,
Walgalu and Ngunnawal.
00:36:09
End of field recording 19 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028997.
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Page 24 of 61
028998 + 028999/20
Performer/speaker(s): Eddie Foster.
Personal subject(s):
Dingo Hood, Bert Stephens, Bob Andy, Merv Penrith, Dave Moore, Lesley
Mullet, Guboo Ted Thomas, Eileen, Selma Stewart, Burnum Burnum, Walter
Hoskins, Billy Foster.
Subject keywords:
Employment – Seasonal and casual, Enterprises – Tourism. Forestry –
Sawmills, Hostels, Economic sectors – Building and construction.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Orbost (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07), Wallaga Lake (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04),
Gulaga/Mount Dromedary (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04), Lake Tyers (E Vic
Gippsland SJ55-07), Narooma/Wagonga (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04), Yass (S
NSW SI55-12), Wimmera (NW Vic SJ54-03), Sydney (NSW SI56-05).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028998
Description
Date
Eddie Foster speaks about the place
he lived.
1997 Wallaga Lake, NSW.
00:4:05
Eddie Foster speaks about Lake
Tyers.
00:26:20
Eddie Foster talks about his travels
from a young age.
00:31:14
End of KABAILA_P03-028998.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
028999
Eddie Foster speaks about people
from Wallaga Lake who worked at a
fish cannery.
00:2:15
Eddie Foster talks about his work at
Bennelong's Haven.
00:26:55
Eddie Foster talks about his father's
people from Victoria.
00:31:23
End of field recording 20 and end
of KABAILA_P03-028999.
Place
1997 Wallaga Lake, NSW.
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Page 25 of 61
029200 + 029201/21
Performer/speaker(s): Eddie Kneebone.
Personal subject(s):
Jack Clark, Irene Morgan, Alf Morgan, Caleb Morgan, Alec Jackomos, Pauline
Hanson.
Subject keywords:
Employment – Seasonal and casual, Occupations – Rangers and park workers.
Language/people:
English/Bangerang people.
Places:
Shepparton (N Vic SJ55-01), Ulupna (N Vic SI55-13), Kempsey (NSW N
Coast SH56-14), Cobram (N Vic SI55-14), Cummeragunja (SW NSW SJ5501), Healesville/Coranderrk (E Vic Yarra Valley SJ55-06), Fitzroy (Melbourne
Vic SJ55-05), Mount Buffalo (Wangaratta map area SJ55-02), Barmah (N Vic
SI55-03), Creswick (W Vic SJ54-08).
Recording quality:
Fair to good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029200
Description
Date
Place
Eddie Kneebone explains the
background for his work as a
ranger.
1997
Wodonga, Victoria.
1997
Wodonga, Victoria.
00:18:10
Eddie Kneebone provides
information about his family living
in various places.
00:33:25
Eddie Kneebone talks about
neighbouring language groups.
00:43:35
End of KABAILA_P03-029200.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029201
00:4:31
Eddie Kneebone continues
discussion with the collector.
End of end of field recording 21
and end of KABAILA_P03-029201.
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Page 26 of 61
029202/22
Performer/speaker(s): Elma Pearsall.
Personal subject(s):
John Bell, Amos Lewis, Sam Brown, Ray.
Subject keywords:
Socioeconomic conditions – Living conditions, Demography – Family and
household characteristics.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Rye Park (S NSW SI55-12).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029202
Description
Date
Place
Elma Pearsall talks about the homes
at Rye Park.
1999
Goulburn, NSW.
00:26:25
Elma Pearsall describes her
grandmother's house.
00:45:19
End of field recording 22 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029202.
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Page 27 of 61
029203 + 029204/23
Performer/speaker(s): Margaret Moore and an unidentified female, and an unidentified male.
Personal subject(s):
Agnes Coe, Theo Waters, Aggie Gray, Roy Thompson, Cynthia Merritt, June
Newman, Kevin Gilbert, Ellie Williams, Bernie Riley, John Sloane, Jean
Clements, Mrs Merritt, Jacky Gooloogong, Robert Ellis, Mrs Gower, Clayton
family, Joyce Robinson, Daisy Warhurst, Dicky Blair, Bert Abrahams, Mrs
Jenner, Mr Megan.
Subject keywords:
Socioeconomic conditions – Living conditions, Economic sectors – Tourism,
Race relations – Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900,
Child welfare - Child/parent separation – Stolen generations.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Gooloogong (SW NSW SI55-07), Erambie (Cowra, SW NSW SI55-08),
Condobolin (SW NSW SI55-07), Griffith (SW NSW SI55-10), Redfern (Inner
Sydney NSW SI56-05), Leeton (SW NSW SI55-10), La Perouse (S Sydney
NSW SI56-05).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029203
Margaret Moore talks about the
village of Gooloogong.
00:14:15
Margaret Moore talks about an
Aboriginal woman selling fish.
00:41:40
Margaret Moore remembers the
1952 floods.
00:47:08
End of KABAILA_P03-029203.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029204
Margaret Moore talks about the
early history near Condobolin and
Griffith.
00:23:55
Margaret Moore talks about the
Gooloogong Reserve.
00:25:57
Unidentified male speaks about the
removal of Aboriginal children
from one family.
00:44:05
End of field recording 23 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029204.
Date
Place
February
1998
Eugowra, NSW.
February
1998
Eugowra, NSW.
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Page 28 of 61
029205/24
Performer/speaker(s): Joyce Williams.
Personal subject(s):
Jimmy Burns, Alec Riley, Bucky Burns, Bob Bellear, Troy Cassar-Daley, Lyn
Taylor, Pauline Hanson, Fred Freeman, Queen Lucy.
Subject keywords:
Settlement and contacts – Government settlements, reserves, Socio-economic
conditions – Living conditions, Demography – Family and household
characteristics.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Gulargambone (N NSW SH I55-15), Dubbo (N NSW SI55-04), Talbragar (N
NSW SH55-16).
Recording quality:
Fair to good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029205
Description
Joyce Williams talks about
Talbragar Reserve.
00:14:40
Joyce Williams mentions some of
the families at Nanima.
00:38:55
Joyce Williams mentions the
matrilineal ties of her family.
00:47:44
End of field recording 24 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029205.
Date
Place
September
1998
Wellington, NSW.
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Page 29 of 61
029206 + 029207/25
Performer/speaker(s): Joyce Williams.
Personal subject(s):
Lila, Jim Cole, Herbert Riley, Maggie May, Sonny Bell, Josie Ingram, Mrs
Harding, Mary Nolan, Jack and Jessie May, Jessie Dawkins, Mary Holland,
King Billy, Maggie Holland, Eric Dawkins, John Riley, Billy King, Jack Riley,
Chris Kirkbright, Alec (Tracker) Riley, Eric Riley, Jim Riley, Paddy Riley, Dan
Riley, Susie Riley, Nellie Riley, Johnny George, Ruby Riley, Augustus
Whiteman, Granny Phillips, Helen Phillips, Roy Bell, Tilly Bell, Jack Bell and
Trixie, Ronnie Bell, Gladys, Archie and Lavina Merritt, Caroline Bell, Roy
Staggs, Gladys Towney, Stan Bell, Joan Bell, Nooksie Bell, Teddy Burns, Terry
and Albert, Jackie Simpson and Louisa, Tommy, Reuben, Pearly, Pansy, Joan,
Louisa Wedge, Mary Sloane, Billy Hart, Harry Fitzgerald, Eva Monaghan,
Betty and Lawrie Bamblett, Ethel, Joe, Mavis, Bernie, Mickey, Josie Ingram,
Fanny Ingram, Billie and Margaret Stewart, Rawlin Lane, Billy Ryan, Kate and
Bob Wighton, Olly Woods, Mary Woods, Deafy, Pat and Mick Alexander, Mr
O'Sullivan, Sally May, Tommy Smith, Mary and Billy Hart, Dan Riley and
Olly, Dennis, Uncle Ted Carr, Madge and Clarrie Chatfield.
Subject keywords:
Settlement and contacts – Government settlements, reserves, Settlement and
contacts – Resettlement and removals, Socio-economic conditions – Living
conditions, Demography – Family and household characteristics, Religions –
Christianity – Missions – Australian Inland Mission, Reproduction –
Childbirth – Midwifery.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Orange (SW NSW SI55-08), The Springs (SW NSW SI55-08), Nanima
(Wellington, N NSW SI55-04), Wellington Common (N NSW SI55-04).
Recording quality:
Good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029206
Description
Joyce Williams talks about the
places in Wellington, where she
lived.
00:12:15
Joyce Williams describes the houses
at Nanima.
00:34:45
Joyce Williams talks about her
grandmother's role as a midwife.
00:47:47
End of KABAILA_P03-029206
and end of field recording 24.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029207
00:19:40
Joyce Williams talks about the
genealogy of some of the Riley
family.
Date
Place
May 1998
Wellington, NSW.
May 1998
Wellington, NSW.
Joyce Williams talks about people
who lived at The Springs, near
Orange.
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number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:39:05
029207 (cont.)
00:47:49
Description
Joyce Williams mentions her
mother, Maggie May.
Date
Place
May 1998
Wellington, NSW.
End of field recording 25 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029207.
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Page 31 of 61
029208/26
Performer/speaker(s): Joyce Williams.
Personal subject(s):
Clarrie Chatfield, Madge Merritt, Maxie Chatfield, Geoffrey Chatfield, Neville
Brown, Ernest Daley, Miss Ardell, Maggie May, Albert May, Billy King, Tilly
Hill.
Subject keywords:
Settlement and contacts – Government settlements, reserves, Socio-economic
conditions – Living conditions, Social identity – Aboriginality.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Narromine (N NSW SI55-03), Nanima (Wellington, N NSW SI55-04),
Recording quality:
Good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029208
Joyce Williams talks about families
who moved to the area.
00:05:15
Joyce Williams talks about the
exemption certificate and 'dog tag'.
00:14:13
End of field recording 26 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029208.
Date
Place
May 1998
Wellington, NSW.
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Page 32 of 61
029209 + 029210/27
Performer/speaker(s): Valda Keed.
Personal subject(s):
Agnes Reid, George Robinson, William Towney, Harold Keed, Kathleen
Towney, Phoebe, Boy, Ray, Ryan, Bev, Melanie, Cecil, Lionel, Susie Bamblett,
Mervyn Towney, Dot Kilby, Mary Wighton, Emmy Wighton, Bobby Burns,
George Burns, Les Burns, Wilma Hughes, Alec Solomon, Dockie, Lizzie
Gray, Jimmy Ryan, Bill Gray, Florence Stewart, Kate and Dave Naden, Stella,
Ted, Lila, Sterling Dargin, Arthur Read, Martha Martel, Ted Dargin, Lila,
Bonnie Read, Bobbie Read, Dorothy Nolan, Mickey and Dulcie West, Archie
Reid, Elsie Ward, Sonny Walter, Mary Nolan, Dot Nolan, Billy Cohen, Maggie
West, Eddie Cohen, Reuben Bloomfield, Artie Kilby, Dickie and Sam Kilby,
Digger Kilby and Dulcie, Jack Reid, Maudie Reid, Lim Fong, Ted Scar, Mrs
West, Murray West, Sam Towney, Andy Powell, Fred Powell.
Subject keywords:
Socio-economic conditions – Living conditions, Demography – Family and
household characteristics, Social identity – Aboriginality, Child welfare Child/parent separation – Stolen generations.
Language/people:
English / Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Peak Hill (N NSW SI55-03), Dubbo (N NSW SI55-04), Wellington (N NSW
SI55-04), Gilgandra (N NSW SH55-16).
Recording quality:
Fair to good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029209
Description
Valda Keed talks about her early
beginnings.
00:05:12
Valda Keed talks about the families
who lived in Peak Hill.
00:37:40
Valda Keed talks about fishing at
the river.
00:47:14
End of KABAILA_P03-029209.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029210
Valda Keed mentions the
Aboriginal precinct in Peak Hill.
00:07:00
Valda Keed speaks of the original
houses on Whitton Park Road.
00:16:49
End of field recording 27 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029210.
Date
Place
May 1998
Peak Hill, NSW.
May 1998
Peak Hill, NSW.
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Page 33 of 61
029211/28
Performer/speaker(s): Vince Bulger.
Personal subject(s):
John Mumbulla, Sharon Stacey, Eddie Kneebone, Agnes, Fred Freeman.
Subject keywords:
Enterprises – Tourism, Communications – Messengers, Religions Christianity – Missions.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Tumut River (SW NSW SI55-15), Brungle (SW NSW SI55-15).
Recording quality:
Poor.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029211
Vince Bulger talks about messages
as warnings.
00:12:50
Vince Bulger mentions one of the
rules for entering a mission.
00:17:15
End of field recording 28 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029211.
Date
Place
July 1995
Tumut, NSW.
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029212 + 029213/29
Performer/speaker(s): Vince Bulger.
Personal subject(s):
Alec Bell, Bertha Bell, Frank and Grace Bulger (Lewis), Tom Brown, Bob
Lewis, Ned Connolly, Biddy Bulger, Andy Merriman, Carl Pittman, Harold
Freeman, Leslie Carroll, Titch Ingram, Buck Freeman, Aunty Eveline, Billy
Grosvenor, Billy Williams, Jimmy Grosvenor, Eddie Foster. Mervyn Penrith,
Fred Collins, Emma Penrith, Ossie Cruse, Ossie Stewart, Jean Bundle.
Subject keywords:
Employment – Seasonal and Casual, Stories and motifs – Devils, monsters,
evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips, Religions - Christianity – Missions.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Hollywood (S NSW SI55-12), Oak Hill (Yass S NSW SI55-12), West Wyalong
(SW NSW SI55-07), Temora (SW NSW SI55-11), Cootamundra (SW NSW
SH55-11), Wallaga Lake (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04), Temora (SW NSW
SI555-11).
Recording quality:
Poor to fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029212
Description
Vince Bulger talks about
Hollywood mission.
00:08:30
Vince Bulger talks about their
entertainment at Brungle.
00:21:15
Vince Bulger talks about a job he
had at 10 years old.
00:45:45
End of KABAILA_P03-029212.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029213
Vince Bulger talks about a future
meeting.
00:09:50
Vince Bulger talks about stock
work.
00:15:25
End of field recording 29 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029213.
Date
Place
May 1997
Tumut, NSW
16 May
1997
Tumut, NSW.
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Page 35 of 61
029214 + 029215/30
Performer/speaker(s): Alan Mongta.
Personal subject(s):
Aunty Bella Simms, Uncle Georgie Parsons, Uncle Jabba Stewart, Ossie
Stewart, Uncle Percy Mumbulla, Aunty Trixie Mason, Leo Richie, Charlie
Stanford, Doris Rutherford, Rachel Mullet, Grannie Tangyeye, Peter, Johnny,
Sally, Ron Lucas, Herbie Patten, Budda Murray, Geoff Bates, Zara Holt, Dick
Bates, Mr Holt, Peter Roderick, John Mumbulla.
Subject keywords:
Employment – Seasonal and casual, Forestry – Sawmills, Economic sectors –
Agriculture and horticulture – Fruit and vegetable, Race relations – Racial
discrimination – Social.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Bung/Yarnda/Lake Tyers (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07),
Orbost (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07), Tuross/Bodalla/Eurobodalla (NSW Far S
Coast SJ55-04), Dalgety (Monaro, S NSW SJ55-04), Sydney (NSW SI56-05)
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029214
Alan Mongta talks about some of
his family.
00:22:25
Alan Mongta talks about living in
Orbost, Victoria.
00:34:35
Alan Mongta talks about where
people were living.
00:44:99
End of KABAILA_P03-029214.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029215
Alan Mongta talks about building
timber huts.
00:13:25
Alan Mongta talks about
community attitudes.
00:20:50
End of field recording 30 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029215.
Date
Place
July 1997
Bodalla, NSW.
July 1997
Bodalla, NSW.
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Page 36 of 61
029216/31A
Performer/speaker(s): John Pender.
Personal subject(s):
John Mongta, Jackie Patten, Sid Solomon, Leonard Goodwin, Budda Thomas,
Cecil Thomas, Chris Allen.
Subject keywords:
Forestry – Sawmills, Social identity – Aboriginality, Employment – Seasonal
and casual, Sites – management.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Delegate (S NSW SJ55-04), Brungle (SW NSW SI55-15), Oak Hill (Yass S
NSW SI55-12), Jervis Bay /St Georges Basin area (ACT/NSW S Coast SI5613), Cummeragunja (SW NSW SJ55-01).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Notes:
RESTRICTED – Personal material.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
Date
Place
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029216
John Pender talks about his family.
1997 Cann River, Victoria.
00:11:00
John Pender talks about his parents
working.
00:39:54
End of field recording 31a and end
of KABAILA_P03-029216.
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Page 37 of 61
029217/31B
Performer/speaker(s): Budda Murray.
Personal subject(s):
Ruth Vassal, Christine Milligan, George Thomas, Cissie, Eric Carter, Winnie,
Johnnie McGuiness, Bob McGuiness, George, Agnes Patterson, George
Murray, Evelyn Thomas, Rupert Harrison, Jimmy Mullet, Mavis Martin, Jean
Bundle, Merv Bundle, Major Glen, Captain Newman.
Subject keywords:
Employment – Seasonal and casual, Forestry – Sawmills, Defence – Armed
forces – Veterans.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Orbost (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07), Bung Yarnda/Lake Tyers (E Vic
Gippsland SJ55-07).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029217
Description
Budda Murray talks about his
family.
00:11:50
Budda Murray talks about when he
lived at Lake Tyers.
00:25:30
Budda Murray talks about his return
from the war.
00:31:31
End of field recording 31b and end
of KABAILA_P03-029217.
Date
Place
April 1997
Orbost, Victoria.
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029218/32A
Performer/speaker(s): Collon Mullet.
Subject keywords:
Environment – Land management, Cultural heritage – Protection,
Environment – Land management – clearing.
Language/people:
English.
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029218
Collon Mullet talks about
Aboriginal heritage protection.
00:19:30
Collon Mullet talks about land
management.
00:23:09
End of field recording 32a and end
of KABAILA_P03-029218.
Date
Place
April 1997
Bairnsdale, Victoria.
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Page 39 of 61
029219/32B
Performer/speaker(s): Gladys Edwards.
Personal subject(s):
Norma Harrison, Stan Harrison, Mrs Rule, Ronnie Edwards, Dorothy Rule,
Thelma Carter, Con Edwards, Ron Edwards, Julia Edwards, Marion Pearce,
Alf Carter, Kevin Bell, Jean Bundle, Michael Edwards.
Subject keywords:
Religions - Christianity – Missions, Art – Crafts – Baskets and basket-making,
Defence – Armed forces.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Lake Tyers (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07), Sale (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-11),
Stawell (W Vic SJ54-08), Wallaga Lake (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04), Yass (S
NSW SI55-12), Hollywood (S NSW SI55-12).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
Date
Place
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029219
Gladys Edwards talks about where
she was born.
1997 Lake Tyers, Victoria.
00:09:10
Gladys Edwards talks about where
she went to high school.
00:23:25
Gladys Edwards mentions her
father and grandfather being active
in the war.
00:42:33
End of field recording 32b and end
of KABAILA_P03-029219.
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Page 40 of 61
029220 + 029221/33
Performer/speaker(s): John Mumbulla and an unidentified male speaker '(possibly) Alan Mongta'.
Personal subject(s):
Dave Moore, Grannie Tangyeye, Arthur McLeod, Alice Kearns, Aunty Kitty
Solomon, Grace Stewart, Eileen Solomon, Frank Mumbulla, Percy Mumbulla,
Biamanga, Grannie Rose Carpenter, Mr Wallace, David Mowaljarlai, Mervyn
Penrith, Max Harrison, Grandfather Munns, Ted Thomas, Eddie Kneebone,
Mangee Drew, Harry Mumbulla, Jane Drew, Leeton Smith, Lennie da Silva,
Albert Mullet, Bob McLeod, Ossie Stewart.
Subject keywords:
Fishing, Stories and motifs – Devils, monsters, evil spirits, hairy men, bunyips,
Cultural protocols, Sites – Management, Language – Change – Loss.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Wollongong (NSW S Coast SI56-09), La Perouse (S Sydney NSW SI56-05),
Brewarrina (N NSW SH55-06), Eden/Twofold Bay (NSW Far S Coast SJ5508), Wallaga Lake (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04).
Recording quality:
Poor to fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029220
Description
Unidentified male speaks about
tuna fishing.
00:08:05
Unidentified male mentions
relatives who knew their language.
00:26:30
John Mumbulla talks about
language revival.
00:37:15
John Mumbulla talks about
important sites being damaged.
00:45:44
End of KABAILA_P03-029220.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029221
John Mumbulla talks about an
important site.
00:14:10
John Mumbulla talks about his visit
to Dubbo.
00:39:45
End of field recording 33 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029221.
Date
Place
July 1997
Bodalla, NSW.
July 1997
Bodalla, NSW.
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Page 41 of 61
029222/34
Performer/speaker(s): Reg Russell.
Personal subject(s):
Ossie Stewart, Eddie Foster, Bobby Tute, Rachel Goolagong, Stanley Russell,
Teddy Goolagong, Lily Goolagong, James Russell, Buddy Freeman, Vince
Bulger. Hilary Brown.
Subject keywords:
Sport – Boxing, Child welfare – Child/parent separation, Employment –
Seasonal and casual, Councils – Town Councils.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Walgett (N NSW SH55-11), Tumut (SW NSW SI55-15), Yass (S NSW SI5512), Bairnsdale (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029222
Description
Reg Russell mentions the proposal
for a memorial.
00:05:45
Reg Russell talks about his tent
boxing career.
00:31:40
Reg Russell talks about various jobs
that he had.
00:43:52
End of field recording 34 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029222.
Date
Place
July 1997
Kylie's Run, NSW.
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Page 42 of 61
029223 + 029224/35
Performer/speaker(s): Nellie England.
Personal subject(s):
Les Lane, Harry Lane, Rose Whittaker, Ruthie Lane, Nancy Mundy, Arthur
Eadie, June Eadie, Dick England, Gough Whitlam, Bruce, Lucy.
Subject keywords:
Agriculture and horticulture – Pastoral industry – Sheep and wool, Transport
– Road – Construction and maintenance, Occupations – Domestic servants.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Sydney (NSW SI56-05), Canberra (ACT SI55-16), Hollywood (S NSW SI5512), Redfern (Inner Sydney NSW SI56-05).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029223
Description
Date
Place
Nellie England talks about some of
her family.
1998
Canberra, ACT.
1998
Canberra, ACT.
00:14:30
Nellie England describes the work
she did on the sheep station.
00:36:25
Nellie England talks about the time
she got sick.
00:47:11
End of KABAILA_P03-029223.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029224
Nellie England talks about working
at a function at the Japanese
Embassy.
00:11:05
Nellie England talks about being
raised by nuns in Yass.
00:23:15
Nellie England mentions some
relatives visiting at Rockdale.
00:26:27
End of field recording 35 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029224.
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Page 43 of 61
029225/36
Performer/speaker(s): Alan Mongta.
Personal subject(s):
Ray Stewart, Rachel, Grace Moore, Susan, Denise, Alan, David, Gary, Marion,
Peter Roderick Mongta, Doris Solomon, Dave Moore, Jean Ella, Aunty Lily,
Uncle Walter, Uncle Les, Rachel, Peter, Fay, Patricia, Fred, John, Julie, Neville
Moore, Victor Moore, Rachel Thorpe, Alec Mongta, Albert Mullet, Vera Ella,
Bluey Ella, John Mumbulla.
Subject keywords:
Forestry, Environment – Climate and weather – Bush fires.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Bung Yarnda/Lake Tyers (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07), Delegate (S NSW SJ5504), Orbost (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07), Nowra (NSW S Coast SI56-09),
Tweed Heads (NSW N Coast SH 56-03), Wallaga Lake (NSW Far S Coast
SJ55-04), La Perouse (S Sydney NSW SI56-05).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029225
Description
Date
Place
Alan Mongta talks about Lake
Tyers.
1998
Bodalla, NSW.
00:11:10
Alan Mongta mentions the Monaro
people.
00:13:30
Alan Mongta gives details of his and
his wife's family trees.
00:31:02
End of field recording 36 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029225.
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Page 44 of 61
029226 + 029227/37
Performer/speaker(s): Reg Russell.
Personal subject(s):
Billy Williams, Ned Freeman, Mick, Tony, Stan and Paul (sons), Elva, Fred
Freeman, Eveline Collins, Evonne Goolagong, Alby Schultz, Charlie Perkins,
Mervyn Penrith, John Mumbulla, George, Alan Mongta.
Subject keywords:
Employment – Seasonal and casual, Social welfare – Community care,
Animals – Mammals – Horses, Education – Schools – Attendance.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Walgett (N NSW SH55-11), Yass (S NSW SI55-12), Brungle (SW NSW SI5515), Gundagai (SW NSW SI55-15).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029226
Description
Reg Russell talks about leaving
Walgett in 1960.
00:08:10
Reg Russell talks about the close
community at Brungle.
00:19:25
Reg Russell talks about how
people's transport changed at
Brungle.
00:39:00
Reg Russell speaks about the small
Aboriginal community near Yass.
00:47:43
End of KABAILA_P03-029226.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029227
Reg Russell talks about electricity
for the Brungle community.
00:06:35
Reg Russell mentions the Land
Council.
00:16:37
End of field recording 37 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029227.
Date
Place
May 1998
Tumut, NSW.
May 1998
Tumut, NSW.
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Page 45 of 61
029228 + 029229/38
Performer/speaker(s): Mamie, '(possibly) Mamie King', Janet Thomas, and an unidentified person.
Personal subject(s):
Dorothy, Marjorie Woodrow, Ian Harris, Topsy Clark, Irene Johnson, Peter
Harris.
Subject keywords:
Settlement and contacts – Resettlement and removals.
Language/people:
English/Ngiyambaa, Paakantyi, and Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Carowra (NW NSW SI55-01), Menindee (NW NSW SI54-03), Murrin Bridge
(SW NSW SI55-06), Lake Cargelligo (SW NSW SI55-06), Griffith (SW NSW
SI55-10).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029228
Mamie answers some questions
from the collector.
00:06:00
Unidentified person talks about
Murrin Bridge.
00:13:15
Unidentified person talks about
places people were from, before
they came to Murrin Bridge.
00:20:12
End of KABAILA_P03-029228.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029229
Janet Thomas talks about Carowra
Tank and Menindee.
00:08:40
Janet Thomas talks about the train
moving people from Menindee to
Murrin Bridge.
00:20:05
Janet Thomas mentions working for
the manager for rations.
00:29:33
End of field recording 38 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029229.
Date
Place
April 1996 Murrin Bridge, NSW.
April 1996 Murrin Bridge, NSW.
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Page 46 of 61
029230 + 029231/39
Performer/speaker(s): Joyce Ingram and Norma Morgan.
Personal subject(s):
Lou Higgins, William Robinson, Nancy Ryan, Daisy Robinson, George
Kennedy, Barry Kennedy, Dulcie Higgins, Dorothy Ingram, Billy Little, Ossie
Ingram, Flora Campbell, George Livingstone, Granny Davis, Darky Moore,
Lily Clayton, Ossie Baxter, Dixie Lee, Buboo, Irene Williams, Clancy Coles.
Subject keywords:
Employment – Seasonal and casual, Housing – Socio-economic factors,
Socio-economic conditions – Living conditions, Housing – house
construction.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Cowra (SW NSW SI55-08), Narrandera (SW NSW SI55-10), Leeton (SW
NSW SI55-10), Bellbrook/Nulla Nulla (NSW N Coast SH56-10),
Cummeragunga (SW NSW SJ55-01).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029230
Joyce Ingram talks about going to
Leeton for work.
00:08:00
Joyce Ingram and Norma Morgan
talk about the settlement.
00:20:30
Joyce Ingram and Norma Morgan
mention some of the families that
lived at the settlement.
00:32:15
Joyce Ingram and Norma Morgan
provide a description of the huts.
00:48:39
End of KABAILA_P03-029230.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029231
Joyce Ingram and Norma Morgan
mention the dust storms.
00:6:15
Joyce Ingram and Norma Morgan
talk about their entertainment.
00:17:05
General conversation.
00:21:48
End of field recording 39 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029231.
Date
Place
June 1996
Redfern, NSW.
June 1996
Redfern, NSW.
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Page 47 of 61
029232 + 029233/40
Performer/speaker(s): Rose Whittaker.
Personal subject(s):
Pammy, Pauline, June, Colin, Johnny, Hilda, Beverley and Carol, Hilda
Dutton, Victor Dutton, Junie Shillingsworth, Bonnie Kelleher, Grannie
Brown, Kenny Bell, Roy Bell, Ernie Brown, Henry Brown, Sam Brown, Millie,
Uncle Perc, Uncle Les, Hilda, Agnes Wedge, Alex Daley, Bertie Whittaker,
Cilla, Albert, Hilda, George, John, Isobel Reid, Gilbert Dutton, Mona Potts,
Colin.
Subject keywords:
Family – Siblings, Socio-economic conditions – living conditions, Family
violence, Housing – Shelters, Food – Preparation – Cooking – Meat,
Transport – Road – Roads and tracks.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Canberra (ACT SI55-16), Murdi Paaki/Bourke (N NSW SH55-10),
Gooloogong (SW NSW SI55-07), Wagga Wagga (SW NSW SI55-15),
Wilcannia (NW NSW SH54-16), Wellington (N NSW SI55-04), Goulburn (S
NSW SI55-12), Narromine (N NSW SI55-03), Nyngan (N NSW SH55-15),
Sydney (NSW SI56-05).
Recording quality:
Fair to good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029232
Description
Date
Place
April 1996
Queanbeyan, NSW.
Rose Whittaker talks about her early April 1996
life.
Queanbeyan, NSW.
Rose Whittaker talks about her
families.
00:09:50
Rose Whittaker talks about going to
Sunday school.
00:20:50
Rose Whittaker talks about eating
bush tucker.
00:32:33
End of KABAILA_P03-029232.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029233
00:11:35
Rose Whittaker talks about some of
her relatives.
00:33:25
Rose Whittaker talks about moving
to Bourke from Tintown at Wagga
Wagga.
00:42:10
Rose Whittaker talks about her
siblings going to the Goulburn
orphanage.
00:48:03
End of field recording 40 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029233.
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Page 48 of 61
029234 + 029235/41
Performer/speaker(s): Sybil Kilham and unidentified male.
Personal subject(s):
Mrs Hiscock, Matty Fraser, Margaret Rose, Coral Edwards, Thelma, Ruth and
Jean McKenzie, Ruby Zooch, Iris Clayton, Matty, Veronica Harradine, Mrs
English, Leslie Whitton.
Subject keywords:
Child welfare – Child/parent separation – Stolen generations, Child welfare –
Care services, Employment – Seasonal and casual, Entertainment – Film –
Cinemas.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Cootamundra (SW NSW SH55-11), Quirindi (N NSW SH56-13),
Penrith/Nepean River (W Sydney NSW SI56-05), Redfern (Inner Sydney
NSW SI56-05), Kempsey (NSW N Coast SH56-14), Coonabarabran (N NSW
SH55-16), Warren (N NSW SH55-15).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029234
Description
Sybil Kilham mentions her
employment at Cootamundra Girls'
Home.
00:6:30
Sybil Kilham said that most girls
were from the country areas.
00:32:45
Sybil Kilham mentions the buildings
at Cootamundra Girls' Home.
00:47:15
End of KABAILA_P03-029234.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029235
Sybil Kilham mentions the use of
girls as cheap labour.
00:11:25
Sybil Kilham talks about the girls
being able to socialise.
00:13:32
End of field recording 41 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029235.
Date
Place
June 1996
Sydney, NSW.
June 1996
Sydney, NSW.
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Page 49 of 61
029236/43
Performer/speaker(s): Reg Russell.
Personal subject(s):
Sam Wickman, Buddy, Vince Bulger, Alby Schultz, James Morgan, Ossie
Cruse, Mrs Freeman, 'Old Yarrie', Gordon Linley, Dr Cairns, Burnum
Burnum, Agnes, Margaret.
Subject keywords:
Environment – Land management, Cultural heritage – Protection.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Tumut (SW NSW SI55-15), Brungle (SW NSW SI55-15), Tumbarumba (SW
NSW SI55-15), Bega /Candelo/Tathra (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04),
Eden/Twofold Bay (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-08), Wagga Wagga (SW NSW
SI55-15), Murdi Paaki/Bourke (N NSW SH55-10), Brewarrina (N NSW
SH55-06), Goodooga (N NSW SH55-07), Hollywood (S NSW SI55-12), Yass
(S NSW SI55-12), Snowy Mountains/Kosciusko National Park (S NSW SI5516), Goulburn (S NSW SI55-12), Gundagai (SW NSW SI55-15), Bredbo
(Monaro/Southern New South Wales area (S NSW SI55, SJ55), Canberra
(ACT SI55-16).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029236
Description
Reg Russell mentions people
moving to larger regional areas.
00:10:10
Reg Russell talks about Kosciusko
National Park and it's cultural
values.
00:23:15
Reg Russell mentions neighbouring
language groups, Walgalu,
Wiradjuri, and Ngunnawal.
00:31:06
End of field recording 43 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029236.
Date
Place
Feb 1997
Kylie's Run, NSW.
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Page 50 of 61
029237/44
Performer/speaker(s): Hilary Crawford and Agnes Shea.
Personal subject(s):
Coral, Tom Brown, Ivy, Christine, Miss McCawley, Miss Osburn, Fred
Freeman, Manny, Clara, uncle Buck, Alf Merritt, Grandfather Brown, Alec,
Bertha, Frank Brown, Peter, Kaye Price, Granny Gracie, Mary-anne Green,
Don Bell, Phil Boot.
Subject keywords:
Law enforcement – police trackers, Music – Musicians.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Hollywood (S NSW SI55-12), Yass (S NSW SI55-12), Oak Hill (Yass S NSW
SI55-12), Brungle (SW NSW SI55-15).
Recording quality:
Poor-Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029237
Description
Date
Place
Hilary Crawford and Agnes Shea
discuss maps and drawings with the
collector.
1995
Yass, NSW.
00:09:34
Hilary Crawford and Agnes Shea
mention Riverside, Oak Hill,
Brungle and Hollywood.
00:15:02
Agnes Shea talks about movement
of people from Hollywood.
00:30:14
End of field recording 44 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029237.
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Page 51 of 61
029238/45
Performer/speaker(s): Neville Lyons.
Personal subject(s):
Ossie Ingram, Effie Bamblett, Peter Read, Iris Clayton, Michael Lyons, Penny
Taylor, Bill Gammage, Sister Rich, Doctor Lethbridge, Lorna Ingram.
Subject keywords:
Religion – Christianity – Missions, Socio-economic conditions – Living
conditions.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Sandhills (Narrandera, SW NSW SI55-10), Yass (S NSW SI55-12).
Recording quality:
Poor-Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029238
Description
Date
Place
Neville Lyons talks about Wattle
Hill and Grong Grong.
1996
Narrandera, NSW.
00:08:22
Neville Lyons talks about bottom
Sandhills and people moving.
00:25:51
Neville Lyons mentions where
people lived by the river.
00:31:41
End of field recording 45 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029238.
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Page 52 of 61
029239/46
Performer/speaker(s): Neville Lyons.
Personal subject(s):
Michael Williams, Sister Christian.
Subject keywords:
Religions – Christianity – Religious education.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Narrandera (SW NSW SI55-10), Cootamundra (SW NSW SH55-11).
Recording quality:
Poor-Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
Date
Place
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029239
Neville Lyons talks about Sunday
school and other church activities.
1996
Narrandera, NSW.
00:06:24
End of field recording 46 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029239.
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Page 53 of 61
029240 + 029241/47
Performer/speaker(s): Clancy Charles.
Personal subject(s):
Johnny Swift (aka Johnny Shere Khan), Tommy Bell, Charlie Rungar, Jim
Williams, Alec Williams, Hughie Foote, Roy Kennedy, Gerald Carberry,
Digger Davis, Iris Clayton, Jeanine Leane, Alec Williams, Miss Campbell, Mr
Wilson, Ethel Goolagong, Tom, Roy, Evonne, Ethel, Fred 'Buboo' Freeman,
Sam Moore, Bill Williams, Harry ' Buck' Williams, 'Knocker' Williams.
Subject keywords:
Habitation – Camps – Fringe and town, Religions – Christianity – Missions –
Australian Inland Mission, Occupations - Pastoral industry workers –
Shearers, Education - Schools – Attendance.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Cowra (SW NSW SI55-08), Warangesda/Darlington Point (SW NSW SI5510), Cummeragunja (SW NSW SJ55-01), Gundagai (SW NSW SI55-15),
Brungle (SW NSW SI55-15),
Frogs Hollow (Griffith SW NSW SI55-10), Hillston (SW NSW SI55-06),
Wagga Wagga, Condobolin (SW NSW SI55-07), Yass (S NSW SI55-12),
Sydney (NSW SI56-05), Barellan (SW NSW SI55-10), Peak Hill (N NSW
SI55-03), Narrandera (SW NSW SI55-10).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029240
Description
Date
Clancy Charles talks about living at
a camp at Cowra.
1997 Three Ways, Griffith,
NSW.
00:23:00
Clancy Charles mentions going to
Sunday school.
00:37:08
Clancy Charles mentions various
places he was familiar with.
00:47:53
End of KABAILA_P03-029240.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029241
Clancy Charles talks about the
closure of Brungle mission.
00:14:10
Clancy Charles talks about where
both his parents came from.
00:23:04
End of field recording 47 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029241.
Place
1997 Three Ways, Griffith,
NSW.
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029242 + 029243/48
Performer/speaker(s): Nellie England
Personal subject(s):
Matilda House, Maisie, Ellie, Elna, Sam Brown, Millie, Noeline Rudder, Les
Lane, Harry Lane, Granny Brown, Hilary Brown, May, Mary, Carey, Harry,
Patty, Gloria, Victor Carroll, Violet Grosvenor, Uncle Stan, Oscar Carroll,
Noeline, Dulcie, Jack, Robbie, Richard England, Bruce Lane, Muriel Carroll,
Henry, Rachel Williams, Ursula, King Andy Lane, Kitty, Caroline, Willie and
Amelia, Lexter Lane, John, Gissy Bell, Sam, Millie, Percy, Zilla Brown,
Caroline, Mrs Munday, Lester Williams, Kathleen Grady, Leah, Jude Lane.
Subject keywords:
History – Genealogy and family history, Occupations - Public Servants –
Local government employees, Employment – Seasonal and casual.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Rye Park (S NSW SI55-12), Boorowa (S NSW SI55-12), Blakney Creek (S
NSW SI55-12).
Recording quality:
Fair to Good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029242
Nellie England talks about a photo
which was taken in 1930.
00:05:00
Nellie England talks about Les and
Harry Lane's home.
00:21:00
Nellie England remembers Gloria,
and the Davis family.
00:30:44
End of KABAILA_P03-029242.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029243
Nellie England talks about her
husband and her family.
00:08:14
Nellie England provides details on
Bruce Lane's family.
00:25:20
Nellie England mentions her father
having to travel for work.
00:30:44
End of field recording 48 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029243.
Date
Place
October
1995
Canberra, ACT.
October
1995
Canberra, ACT.
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029244/49
Performer/speaker(s): Alice Williams.
Personal subject(s):
Tom Bell, Robert Carroll, Emma.
Subject keywords:
Socio-economic conditions – Living conditions, Child welfare - Child/parent
separation – Stolen generations.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Sandhills (Narrandera, SW NSW SI55-10), Griffith (SW NSW SI55-10),
Cootamundra (SW NSW SH55-11), Brungle (SW NSW SI55-15), Parramatta
(W Sydney NSW SI56-05).
Recording quality:
Poor to Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029244
Description
Date
Alice Williams talks about the living
arrangements for where she lived.
1995 Three Ways, Griffith
NSW.
00:08:01
General conversation.
00:15:15
Music starts playing.
00:17:15
End of field recording 49 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029244.
Place
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029245/50
Performer/speaker(s): 'Bucky' Burns.
Personal subject(s):
Ellen Carr, George Carr, Billy 'Buku' Hill (Carr), Charlie and Jimmy Governor,
'Kuck' Taylor, ? Stanley, Eva Stewart, Linda Reynolds (Linda Waterloo), Sarah
Taylor (Dingool), George Taylor Esquire, Jack and Bob Taylor, Sarah Stanley,
Arthur Burns, Alec Riley, James Henry Burns, Thomas Richard Taylor,
Harold Riley, Phoebe Smith, Ethel and Alec Riley, Ted Taylor, Sarah Burns,
Gerard Burns, Walter Taylor, Ruby Riley, Annie Mitchell, Willy Hill.
Subject keywords:
Education - Schools – Attendance, Socio-economic conditions – living
conditions, Defence – Armed forces.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Dubbo (N NSW SI55-04), Wellington (N NSW SI55-04), Talbragar (N NSW
SH55-16), Terramungamine ( N NSW SI55-04).
Recording quality:
Fair-Good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029245
Description
Date
Place
Bucky Burns talks about people
moving to Dubbo from other areas.
1996
Dubbo, NSW.
00:07:00
Bucky Burns talks about a flood in
1955 which forced people to move
to Talbragar Reserve.
00:22:08
Bucky Burns mentions his father
being recruited to the army.
00:47:41
End of field recording 50 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029245.
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029246 + 029247/51
Performer/speaker(s): Alice Williams.
Personal subject(s):
John 'Jacky' Charles, Mary, Mrs Penrith, Reggie Howell, John Swift, Tom Bell.
Subject keywords:
Settlement and contacts – Resettlement and removals, Language – Oral
communication.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Cummeragunja (SW NSW SJ55-01), Erambie (Cowra, SW NSW SI55-08),
Frogs Hollow (Griffith SW NSW SI55-10, Three Ways (Griffith, SW NSW
SI55-10), Tumut (SW NSW SI55-15), Yass (S NSW SI55-12), Brungle (SW
NSW SI55-15), Warangesda/Darlington Point (SW NSW SI55-10), Cowra
(SW NSW S155-08), Canberra (ACT S155-16), Condobolin (SW NSW SI5507), Sandhills (Narrandera, SW NSW SI55-10), Shepparton (N Vic SJ55-01),
Mooroopna (N Vic SJ55-01).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029246
Description
Date
Alice Williams talks about her father
who was from Cummeragunja.
1995 Three Ways, Griffith,
NSW.
00:16:40
Alice Williams talks about her
mother.
00:31:10
End of KABAILA_P03-029246.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029247
Alice Williams speaks about
Darlington Point and Griffith.
00:17:22
Alice Williams talks about her father
speaking his language.
00:31:03
End of field recording 51 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029247.
Place
1995 Three Ways, Griffith,
NSW.
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029248/53
Performer/speaker(s): Les Kubank and unidentified female speakers.
Personal subject(s):
Evonne Goolagong, Mrs Long, Peter Zunark, Reverend John Gribble.
Subject keywords:
Religions - Christianity - Missions - Aborigines Inland Mission.
Language/people:
English/Wiradjuri people.
Places:
Murrin Bridge (SW NSW SI55-06), Warangesda/Darlington Point (SW NSW
SI55-10), Griffith (SW NSW SI55-10), Wagga Wagga (SW NSW SI55-15),
Barellan (SW NSW SI55-10).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029248
Description
Date
Place
Les Kubank mentions the film
footage and the closing of
Warangesda.
1995
Griffith, NSW.
00:12:31
Les Kubank mentions a drought
occurring in 1903 and a flood
occurring in 1952.
00:28:42
End of field recording 53 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029248.
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029249 + 029250/54
Performer/speaker(s): James Morgan.
Personal subject(s):
Mrs Morgan, George Morgan (George Ingram/Robinson), Dorrie Grieves,
Greg and Fred Miller, Bob Scott, Dennis and Johnny Ingram, Jim, Kevin,
Zilla, Tom and Lewis Higgins, Lindsay Grant, Norma and Joyce (nee
Robinson), Donnie and Ruth, William Robinson (William Boyd), Daisy (nee
Waters), Rick Lloyd, Margie Freeman, Flo, Lindsay and Cec Grant, Jimmy and
Irene Ingram, Lou Higgins, Rosie Clayton, Les and Graham Davis, 'Darkie'
Moore, Mona Fernando, Lily, Iris, Jim, Cecil Clayton, Dulcie Freeman, 'Titch'
Clayton, Minnie, Ned, Bruce Freeman, Mary McGuinness (Mary Charles),
Jacky Charles, Bruce Hamilton, Alf Bamblett, Alfred Bamblett, Billy Packer,
aunt Madeline, James Ingram, Danno Weldon, Val Kennedy, Digger Davis,
Roy and George Kennedy, Jeanie Bamblett, Kevin Williams, Wally Roley,
Blue Higgins, Mrs Jenner, Bob Megan, Bert Abrahams, Digger Davis, Jessie
Kennedy, Dolly, Georgie, Dick Blair, Tracey and Louise, Puggy, Neddy
Freeman, Don, Iris Clayton.
Subject keywords:
History – Genealogy and family history, Social identity.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Leeton (SW NSW SI55-10), Whitton (SW NSW SI55-10), Casino (NSW N
Coast SH56-03), Singleton (NSW N Coast SI56-01), Armidale (NSW N Coast
SH56-10), Tumut (SW NSW SI55-15), Brungle (SW NSW SI55-15), Three
Ways (Griffith, SW NSW SI55-10), Narrandera (SW NSW SI55-10).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
Date
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029249
James Morgan talks about his
parents.
1998 Wagga Wagga, NSW.
00:09:42
James Morgan talks about his
grandparents.
00:26:27
James Morgan is looking at pictures
of people and providing their
details.
00:47:15
End of KABAILA_P03-029249.
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029250
James Morgan talks about his
mother living in Redfern.
00:7:50
James Morgan is looking at a map
of Wattle Hill, and also of Leeton.
00:22:13
End of field recording 54 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029250.
Place
1998 Wagga Wagga, NSW.
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029251/55
Performer/speaker(s): Jean Bundle.
Personal subject(s):
Mervyn Bundle, Mrs Hiscock, Mrs Muir, Mrs Everingham, Billy, Norman,
Johnny, Esther Saunders, Norman Stewart, Lucy Cooper, Charlie Stewart,
Laddie Bell, Eric Bell, Bucky Burns, Bertha Bell, Daphne, Tammy, Anna,
Bobbo.
Subject keywords:
Child welfare – Child/parent separation – Stolen generations, Child welfare –
Care services, History - Genealogy and family history.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Orbost (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07), Taree (NSW N Coast SH56-14),
Wallaga Lake (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04), Nowra (NSW S Coast SI56-09),
Cootamundra (SW NSW SH55-11), Young (SW NSW SI55-11), West
Wyalong (SW NSW SI55-07), Sydney (NSW SI56-05), Yass (S NSW SI55-120,
Wellington (N NSW SI55-04), Dubbo (N NSW SI55-04), Jerringa/Orient
Point/Roseby Park (NSW S Coast SI56-09), Braidwood (S NSW SI55-16),
Batemans Bay/Mogo (NSW Far S Coast SI56-13), Bairnsdale (E Vic
Gippsland SJ55-07), Bung/Yarnda/Lake Tyers (E Vic Gippsland SJ55-07),
Bega /Candelo/Tathra (NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04), Narooma/Wagonga
(NSW Far S Coast SJ55-04), Brewarrina (N NSW SH55-06), Carowra (NW
NSW SI55-01), Menindee (NW NSW SI54-03), Lake Cargelligo (SW NSW
SI55-06).
Recording quality:
Fair.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029251
Description
Date
Place
Jean Bundle talks about her
marriage to Mervyn Bundle.
1997
Orbost, Victoria.
00:12:55
Jean Bundle talks about her parents
and siblings.
00:32:24
Jean Bundle talks about living at
Wallaga Lake.
00:40:53
End of field recording 55 and end
of KABAILA_P03-029251.
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029252/55B
Performer/speaker(s): Albert and Collon Mullet.
Personal subject(s):
Rick, Paul and Vince Mullet, Snowy Sandham, Alec Riley, Jimmy Hammond,
Aggie Harrison.
Subject keywords:
Environment – Land management, Cultural heritage – Protection, Child
welfare – Children's homes, Forestry – Sawmills, Environment –
Conservation – Forests.
Language/people:
English.
Places:
Tae Rak/Lake Condah (W Vic SJ54-11), Portland (W Vic SJ54-11), Delegate
(S NSW SJ55-04), Bombala (S NSW SJ55-04), Cooma (S NSW SJ55-04),
Tumut (SW NSW SI55-15), Jindivick/Jacksons Track (E Vic Gippsland SJ5510), Bung Yarnda/Lake Tyers (E Vic Gippsland S,J55-07), Melbourne map
area (Vic SJ55-05), New South Wales South Coast (NSW S Coast SI56, SJ55),
Dubbo (N NSW SI55-04), Snowy Mountains/Kosciusko National Park (S
NSW SI55-16), Hollywood (S NSW SI55-12), Yass (S NSW SI55-12), Brungle
(SW NSW SI55-15).
Recording quality:
Good.
Archive item
number
Timing
point
Description
Date
Place
KABAILA_P03- 00:00:00
029252
Albert Mullet talks about his
connections to Gunditjmara and
Gunai.
1997
Bairnsdale, Victoria.
00:06:35
Albert Mullet talks about families
travelling to escape the welfare
department.
00:25:20
Albert Mullet talks about
Kosciuszko National Park and
Goobarragandra National Park.
00:41:20
Albert Mullet talks about some
drawings and photos.
00:42:06
Collon Mullet talks about his work
as a heritage officer and the
protection of significant cultural
sites.
00:47:20
End of field recording 55b and end
of KABAILA_P03-029252.
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