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Val Murphy interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project

Item Title
Val Murphy interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project
Repository
National Library of Australia, Oral History & Folklore Section
Reference
ORAL TRC 3406/19
Description

Murphy, a farmer, speaks of her upbringing on a dairy farm and later married a potato farmer, her family, running a potato farm, breeding first-cross merino ewes, lamb production, working at the Melbourne Show, food festivals, organising different types of dishes with potatoes, potato marketing and potatoes seen as a medicinal remedy.

Recorded in 1995

Quantity
1 Sound cassette
Access
Access open for research, personal copies and public use
Finding Aid

Transcript available (typescript, 12 leaves.)

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Related Archival resources

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  • Women of the land oral history project, Feb 23 1995 - April 26 1995, ORAL TRC 3406; Bowden, Ros; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Related Published resources

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  • Bowden, Ros, Women of The Land: Stories of Australia's Rural Women as told to Ros Bowden, ABC Books, Sydney, 1995. Details
  • Bowden, Ros, 'Val Murphy', in Ros Bowden (ed.), Women of The Land: Stories of Australia's Rural Women as told to Ros Bowden, ABC Books, Sydney, 1995. Details

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