Interview with Anne Angela Liddy [sound recording] Interviewer: Beth M. Robertson, Part 5 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 5 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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Norwegian and Swedish farm workers. 55 secs
Hawkers from the Middle East and India. 86 secs
Good deportment - having good posture. 45 secs
German neighbours and wartime attitudes. 98 secs
The Conscription Referenda. 52 secs
Anne's grandparents' preoccupation with Home ... 46 secs
War casualties - school friends and cousins. 53 secs
Leaving school and not knowing what to do. 42 secs
The 1914 drought, losing the farm and working... 100 secs
Living on the farm until after the war then l... 79 secs
Working the old farm and on the Railways. 57 secs
A death on the railway. 30 secs
Driving Anne's father to work in the buggy. 30 secs
Selling the work horses because of the drought. 50 secs
Anne's brothers - working at Kyancutta and Wu... 53 secs
Anne's parents' feelings about the change in ... 47 secs
Anne's limited work opportunities. 65 secs
Working as a nanny/housekeeper for the Monfri... 139 secs
Anne's feelings about leaving home. 34 secs
Visits and holidays with the family while wor... 28 secs
How long Anne spent working for the Monfries. 50 secs
Anne's daily routine at the Monfries. 100 secs
Childcare duties and Anne takes a break from ... 96 secs
Comparing the Monfries' house with the Liddy'... 40 secs
Anne's bedroom at the Monfries' home. 19 secs
More about Anne's duties at the Monfries. 23 secs
Laughing at Anne's 'brogue'. 74 secs
'Dresses and things' from the Monfries. 31 secs
Teenage actvities - church and dances. 74 secs

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Interview with Anne Angela Liddy [sound recording] Interviewer: Beth M. Robertson, Part 5 of 8