Bess Vickers interviewed by Ros Bowden in the Women of the land oral history project

Item Title: Bess Vickers 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 3406/22
Description: Vickers speaks of problems due to the lack of rain, the 1980s drought, hardship on the farm, her family, her background as teacher, her learning experience on the farm, being flexible according to the weather, breeding goats, analysing goats' behavior, shearing goats for cashmere, testing fleece measurements, growing crops, her family.
Recorded in 1995.
Quantity: 1 Sound cassette
Access: Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
Finding Aid: Transcript available (typescript, 30 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, 'Bess Vickers', in Ros Bowden (ed.), Women of The Land: Stories of Australia's Rural Women as told to Ros Bowden, ABC Books, Sydney, 1995. Details