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Oral histories

A series of interviews recording memories of local residents in the 1980's and a second series in 2010.
  • Alex Gray

    Had a farm bounded by Hutton Street, Miller Street, St. Georges Road and the Merri Creek Who had that...
  • Alf Mundy

    Alf Mundy - Interviewed March 1982 I suppose the best way to start this is to start at the beginning, and...
  • Alf Tierney

    Alf, could you just tell us how long you've lived in Northcote, or anything of interest. Well, I've lived...
  • Don and Maisie Baker

    This is the second interview with Maisie and Don Baker. And Maisie has handed over for copying for our files...
  • Don and Maisie Baker with Walter Dey

    Interviewer–JC, Don Baker–DB, Maisie Baker–MB, Walter Dey-WD JC: Now this is our first interview for the...
  • Donald Thompson

    I welcome Donald Thompson. We’re going to just have a bit of a chat about the old days in Reservoir....
  • Doris Butcher

    Doris Butcher now Mrs Brett has lived at the same address in Rathmines Street for over 70 years. She moved...
  • George Henwood

    Did you build the store? No, actually I took over a store that was originally P. G. Collins. I started as...
  • Joan Clinnick

    I'm now talking with Joan Clinnick of Reservoir. Joan has lived all of her life in Reservoir and in fact...
  • June Phyllis Meadows Burr

    One of my earliest recollections is being lost in South Melbourne. Bruce (brother) & I had played the wag...
  • Les Atkins

    Q This afternoon, I'm interviewing Les Atkins, who's going to tell me all about some of the early years in...
  • Lexie Luly

    A I think I was telling someone else of the fact that it has only just become known, I think Gary knows now...
  • Mal Mooney

    INTERVIEW - MR. MAL. MOONEY, 7 ARMADALE STREET, THORNBURY, 3071. Q. Would you like to start talking to me...
  • Marjorie Wheeler

    Q I’d like to introduce Marjorie Wheeler, who is a long resident of Reservoir and was born in the...
  • Maurice O'Keefe

    A So you go from one extreme to the other. It’s like a person who might have a very happy childhood....
  • Merv Lia

    Q I now have Merv Lia, who, although not Preston-born is very familiar with the area and has spent some...
  • Mr & Mrs Dennis

    William Henry was the Great Grandfather. He was the father of Sam Dennis and I can’t think what my...
  • Mr. Harold Harless

    We’ve been living here since 1913. My father built this house, Mr. William George Harless, in 1907. He was a...
  • Mrs C. Jones

    This is Mrs. C Jones of 33 Yarana Road, Alphington Where do you live? I used to live in Mangalore with...
  • Mrs. Bade

    I landed on a Sunday morning and my mother-in-law had a lovely big dinner ready for me. My husband asked me...
  • Mrs. Edna Daniels

    Would you start off, Edna, by telling me when you very first started the calisthenics.What, me doing it?Well,...
  • Myra Bostock

    Start with your father then, just tell me what you were saying before.My father was a seafaring man –...
  • Northcote Lives - an Oral History Project

    Northcote High School conducted some interviews. This 45pp document was published in 1996.Interviewees are...
  • Roy Keeble

    This is Mr. Roy Keeble of 14 Grandview Grove, Northcote - 29/6/1982 I’ll just give you this short run...
  • Sylvia Cooke

    It's 21st June, 1982 and Arthur and I are going to Strathallan to visit Miss Sylvie Cook, and we're taking an...
  • Sylvie Wayman

    INTERVIEW WITH SYLVIE WAYMAN, 2 ST. BERNARDS ROAD, ALPHINGTON – 5/4/1982 Now Silvie, just start off by...
  • Vignettes from Veronica: a collection of memoirs from the residents of Veronica Gardens

    'The Polio Epidemic 1937' by M.M. In 1937 I was six years of age when the polio epidemic hit our suburb of...
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