Interview with Anne Angela Liddy [sound recording] Interviewer: Beth M. Robertson, Part 2 of 8

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Interview details

CreatorLiddy, Anne Angela, 1901-1986Additional creatorRobertson, Beth M., 1957-TitleInterview with Anne Angela Liddy [sound recording] Interviewer: Beth M. Robertson, Part 2 of 8Date (year)1985Date recordedRecorded on 19 & 26 August 1985Description

Anne Liddy was born in Dawson into an Irish Catholic family 'with a genius for going to dry places where they don't make any money' (preliminary interview). In 1904 three generations of the family joined the exodus from the Upper North and became part of the 'second settlement' of Eyre Peninsula, taking up virgin scrub at Yallunda Flat near Tumby Bay. Anne Liddy left the Yalunda Flat School in 1914, the year that the family farm went bankrupt and her father became a railway ganger. Her first job, for six years, was as domestic and mother's helper for the family of the Tumby Bay Bank of Adelaide manager. After returning to help on her family's new share farm venture, she began nursing training at the Tumby Bay Hospital in 1923, recognising this as one of the very limited employment alternatives for local girls. Miss Liddy finished training at the Adelaide Hospital and began her career as a private nurse with the Royal British Nurses' Association in 1927

Recording length4 hours

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Collection titleS. A. Speaks': An Oral History of Life in South Australia before 1930SubjectLiddy, Anne Angela, 1901-1986Tumby Bay HospitalRoyal Adelaide Hospital (S.A.)Royal British Nurse's Association. South Australian BranchIrish -- South AustraliaFarmers -- South Australia -- Tumby Bay RegionNurses -- South AustraliaCatholics -- South Australia -- DawsonCatholics -- South Australia -- Tumby BayBankruptcy -- South AustraliaHousehold employees -- South Australia -- Tumby BayDroughts -- South AustraliaSingle womenYallunda Flat (S.A.)Tumby Bay (S.A.)

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Mrs John O'Loughlin - Anne's maternal grandmother. 22 secs
Paternal grandparents speaking Gaelic/Gaeilge. 32 secs
Darby Jeremiah Liddy - physical description. 30 secs
Mary Liddy nee Kelly - physical description. 43 secs
Death years for Anne's paternal grandparents. 36 secs
Father Kelly - holding Mass at grandparents' ... 38 secs
Descriptions of both Father Kelly and Father ... 76 secs
Frequency of visits by Father Kelly and Fathe... 30 secs
Mass held at Yallunda Flat and Koppio communi... 72 secs
Mass attendance on grandparents' property unt... 42 secs
Methodist church at Yallunda Flat. 16 secs
No religious conflict. 16 secs
Anne's grandparents' interest in the Irish Ho... 66 secs
Illiteracy - Anne's paternal grandparents. 56 secs
Grandparents loss of contact with Ireland rel... 14 secs
Anne's indulgent grandparents and strict parents. 38 secs
Required behavioural standards and Anne's aunts. 124 secs
Singing, dancing and anxiety. 55 secs
Growing up with Irish fairy stories and folk ... 156 secs
Annie O'Loughlin - Anne's maternal aunt. 68 secs
Anne's perceptions of the differences between... 63 secs
The Chronicle and the Southern Cross newspape... 48 secs
Travel and relocation between Yallunda Flat a... 68 secs
Anne's paternal uncles staying on the Eyre Pe... 50 secs
Families nursing their sick and elderly. 83 secs
Grandparents dying at home. 17 secs
Grandmother's cautionary tale about Anne's vanity. 58 secs
Childcare - families helping each other. 24 secs
Staying with Aunt Kitty at Tumby Bay and firs... 95 secs
Family weddings and Sunday gatherings at gran... 58 secs
The walk to school. 25 secs
Anne's failed shooting lesson. 49 secs
Don't talk about your troubles or rabbit stew. 62 secs

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Interview with Anne Angela Liddy [sound recording] Interviewer: Beth M. Robertson, Part 2 of 8