Australia 19

Listen to Australia 19, a 66-year-old woman from Penrith and St. Marys, New South Wales, Australia. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 66

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 05/01/1942

PLACE OF BIRTH: The Netherlands

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Caucasian

OCCUPATION: retired

EDUCATION: high school

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

She lived in Holland (The Netherlands) until the age of 13 and then moved to Penrith, New South Wales. She was living in St. Marys, Australia, at the time of this interview.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH:

English was her second language.

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RECORDED BY: David Nevell

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

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Most of the reason people were looking for work post-war: There wasn’t all that much around Holland. I know Dad used to always be away for, you know, weeks on end, because he’d have to go to the city, or, you know, other areas to work.  And, uh, the transport wasn’t all that much chop either, you know.  There was no trains.  You’d have to have your own transport.  Oh, possibly while we were in the hostels and the … wasn’t very … you know you aren’t used to having your own home and … and we had. There was no reason for us to come there, but I think Dad just wanted to do his own thing.  And, you know, and … start a new life … it hasn’t been bad.  You know we’ve … done well.  But, uh, you miss your family because they’re all very close to us.  And, uh I miss my cousins.  I had so many cousins going to the same school because Holland’s only small, so you’re never far away from each other.  And, um, yeah.

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

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