- Entry type: Resource
- Entry ID: AWH001810
Queenie Symonds interviewed by Brenda Factor in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection [sound recording]
- Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- Reference ORAL TRC 2301 Int. 198
- Date Range 2-Mar-87 - 2-Mar-87
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Description
2 cassettes (ca. 75 min.). Orn in Eden, NSW, Symonds speaks of her family background ; parents’ background ; lifestyle in Eden ; Jewish customs ; the family moving to Sydney when she was 11 ; childhood memories ; family life, home and living conditions ; family shops in Eden and Sydney ; courtship and marriage ; her brothers and sisters ; her daughter travelling to Palestine after World War II ; her schooling ; family maids ; her husband’s background ; kosher foods ; employment in shoe shop ; social life before marriage ; picnics and recreation ; trip overseas with husband ; husband’s employment ; memories of World War I ; her children ; forming the first Council of Jewish women ; council activities, its purpose ; Jewish immigrants.
- Access Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Finding Aid Timed summary and transcript available: 2 v. (31 p., 6 p.).