• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH002411

Debbie Thiele interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 3406/10
  • Date Range 24-Feb-95 - 24-Feb-95
  • Description

    1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) Thiele, a farmer and 1994 ABC Rural Woman of the Year, speaks of farming background, her supportive family, love of the water (skiing, sailing, etc.), education at Waikerie High School and Roseworthy Agricultural College, teaching agricultural science, farming life and its advantages, pressures on rural families, sheep farming, the mouse plague, rural stereotypes, a “typical day”, achievements, overseas travels, and being awarded the inaugural ABC Rural Woman of the Year Award.

  • Access Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
  • Finding Aid Timed summary and transcript available (typescript, 24 p.).

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  • Primary Creator
    • Thiele, Deborah (1954 - )