Australia 18

Listen to Australia 18, a 58-year-old woman from Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 58

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 28/08/1950

PLACE OF BIRTH: The Netherlands (but raised in Penrith, New South Wales)

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: nurse

EDUCATION: N/A

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

She was raised in Penrith, New South Wales.

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DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 27/06/2008

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TRANSCRIBED BY: David Nevell

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

There was a lot of immigration after the war.  It was … it was a new start.  And there was a lot of immigration. It, it was, uh…  So it was more or less non existent up there, really.  But immigration just became, you know, I will admit it was a new country.  It was, it was developing, and, uh.  It … it was _____  not excessive immigration, but there was a lot of immigration. And, you know, it was, after all that’s ___ and people just, you know … after the war that’s where they came.  Actually, I was like that.  I,  was like that when I came back.  The most beautiful sight.  I mean I went to Paris, I went everywhere.  And when I came back, and we flew over the central Australia, and we saw Gainsborough [?], and it was — and my heart just leapt. Oh we’re home!

TRANSCRIBED BY: Joe Calarco (under supervision of David Nevell)

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