Barbara Marks interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project

Item Title: Barbara Marks 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 3406/21
Description: Marks, farmer and grazier, speaks of her childhood, her family, her life as a farmer, breeding sheep, education of her children, shearing the sheep, death of her husband, hardship on the farm, refusal from the bank to lend money, getting rid of breeding sheep and getting involved in shearing, running the farm and attending agricultural meetings, School of Distance Education, being a mother and a teacher at the same time, winning the Queensland Rural Woman Award and the vital role of ABC television for farmers.
Recorded in 1995
Quantity: 1 Sound cassette
Access: Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
Finding Aid: Transcript available (typescript, 26 leaves.)

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

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