Holroyd Oral History Project, being interviews with residents and former residents, 1990-1992

MLOH 101

fonds

1990-1992

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories

412651

Sound Recording : CY MLOH 101/1-87

87 sound cassettes (110 hrs.)

The Holroyd Oral History Project was sponsored by Holroyd Senior Citizens Week Committee in conjunction with Merrylands Community Health Centre. The Project records the memories and recollections of many long term residents of the area, and of former residents.

1991; Interview with Cyril 'Banjo' Case?, Nov. 1991. Interview conducted at Merrylands High School. NO LOG AVAILABLE (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/1)
1990; Francis Bloxham interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 21 Sept. 1990. Early life at Old Toongabbie; Prospect School; Toongabbie during World War II; Prospect Dam; poultry farms; post World War II settlement of Toongabbie. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/2)
1991; Arthur Byron interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Margaret Edwards, 12 Feb. 1991. Born 1915 and moved to Merrylands in 1916; description of his early years at Merrylands; depression of 1930s; local landmarks and description of area. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/3)
1992; Emily Byrnes interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 6 Feb. 1992. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/4)
1990; Elizabeth Booth interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 13 Oct. 1990. Born at Prospect in 1895; family history; education; teaching career up to her appointment as Headmistress at North Sydney Girls High School. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/5)
1992; Interview about the beginnings of St. Margaret Mary's School at Merrylands with former teachers Sr. Christina and Sr. Vincent, 10 Feb. 1992. Discussion includes Le Lagadec and Goff families. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/6)
1992; Gary Baxter interviewed by Reg Rannard, 5 Mar.1992. Discussion concerning Baxter's Holroyd Coaches. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/7)
Date unknown; Interview with Robert Woodward. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/8)
1991; Kathleen Codd interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 25 Oct. 1991. Family background; move to Merrylands; World War II; post war years. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/9)
1991; Jean Coulter interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 21 Oct. 1991. Early life in Wagga Wagga; establishment of the Cardinal Gilroy Retirement Village; work as a Supervisor at the Village. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/10)
1991; Rose Cavallo interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Mrs Carmella Pelligra, 4 Nov. 1991. Born at Salerno, Italy, arrived at Bundaberg, QLD, in 1937; moved to Sydney in 1942; work as a market gardener; settled at Greystanes; neighbours and family. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/11)
1991; Joe Camenzuli interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Carmen Portelli, 13 Aug. 1991. Born at Gozo Island; moved to Malta aged 16; departed Malta for Australia 1923 and returned in 1926 to bring family to Australia; moved family to Sydney from Adelaide in 1933; Wentworthville; poultry farming. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/12)
1991; Keith Douglas interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 27 May 1991. Early history of Wentworthville area. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/13)
1992; Laurence Dimech interviewed by Mark Caruana, 7 Jan. 1992. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/14)
1991; Arthur and Herbert Douglas interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Pat Miller, 9 Sept. 1991. Memories of early years in Merrylands; education and working lives; World War II and post war changes. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/15)
1990; Eldred Leonard (Len) Davis interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 17 and 25 Oct. 1990. Interview conducted at the Telephone Communications Centre, Pendle Hill; 50th anniversay of Pendle Hill telephone exchange; descriptions of technology. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/16)
Date unknown; Interview with Alvan and Arnold Dyer. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/17)
Date unknown; Interview with Frank Endicott. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/18)
1991; Nick and Neta Endacott interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 30 Oct. 1991. Family background; Neta discusses growing up at Merrylands, her schooling and work before her marriage; Nick discusses his wartime service and celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/19)
1991; Sr. David Fitzmaurice interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Miss Nance Roach, 24 Apr.1991. Sr. David, a member of the Holroyd Historical Society gives an historical background to Arthur Todd Holroyd's property 'Sherwood Scrubs' later purchased by the Marist Sisters; the development and growth of Cerdon College, Merrylands; changes in the Merrylands area. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/20)
1992; Daphne Frendo and John Pankhurst interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 27 Feb. 1992. Both former Principals of Merrylands Public School discuss the school, its development and its centenary celebration in 1986. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/21)
1991; Daphne Grant interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Margaret Edwards, 10 Apr. & 29 May 1991. Early days at Merrylands. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/22)
1991; George Graham and Netta Robinson interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 20 Sept. 1991. George Graham and Netta Robinson, brother and sister, describe their early life; moving to Pendle Hill in 1918; schooling; George's work at G.A. Bond Spinning Mills. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/23)
1991; Norm Grinyer, Shirley Grinyer and Brenda MacDonald interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 12 Oct. 1991. The Grinyers discuss their personal background; their interest in local history; their involvement in local affairs; early homes of the district. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/24)
1991; Bob Galmes interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 22 Oct. 1991. Involvement with Bonds Industries; memories of early Wentworthville; education; career at Bonds Industries. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/25)
1991; Cissy Burr interviewed by Norma Garner, 18 Oct. & 1 Nov. 1991. Born London; family moved to Australia; bought land at Pendle Hill; early days of Pendle Hill; worked as a professional performer at the Tivoli and later at travelling shows; marriage in 1933; despression of 1930s; World War II; work and family in post war years. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/26-27)
1992; Harold Henry interviewed by Norma Garner, 1 Mar. 1992. Early memories of Westmead; landmarks and early homes. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/28)
Date unknown; Interview with Mrs Lyl Johnson. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/29)
1990; Marjorie Hession interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 17 Nov. 1990. Born at Merrylands in 1905; early family and education; World War I; early days of Merrylands; involvement with St. Matthew's Church, Arcadia Street; recalls early shops and building of Merrylands. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/30)
Date unknown; Interview with Kathleen Lee. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/31)
1991; John Langford interviewed by Harry Maley, 3 June 1991. Discusses the development of the Wool Stores at Yennora; the aims of the Wool Village and its uses for storing, separating and preparing wool for sales; objective measurement used for selling wool; tests carried out on wool prior to shipping and processing. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/32)
1990; Charles Mackey interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 2 Oct. 1990. Early Westmead; 1930s depression; railway to the city. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/33)
1991; Norman McNamara interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 26 Aug. 1991. Born at Waterloo in 1923 and moved to Merrylands in 1925; worked for Australia Post at Merrylands for over forty years; early background; education and work history; description of work as a postman. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/34)
1991; Janelle Patterson interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 28 Oct. 1991. Supervisor at Merrylands Post Office; history of the Post Office; postal deliveries in the Merryalnds area; development of post office; details of current postal service. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/35)
Date unknown; Interview with Victor Mascord. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/36)
1990; Harry Maley interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 19 Oct. 1990. Local Government Progress Association; post war land sub-division; Yennora; Prospect Reservior; Holroyd's home and buildings on part of original property; early buildings and industry; post war immigrants to Merrylands area; Greystanes. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/37-38)
1991; Ada Mumford and Beryl Smith interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 24 Apr. and 10 Aug. 1991. Both employed at Bonds Industries; describe machinery; work; various processes used at Bonds; modern machinery. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/39)
Date unknown; Interview with Mr and Mrs Mance. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/40)
1991; Tony Maston interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 24 June 1991. Early life and education; 1930s depression; interest in photography; leisure activities; early Merrylands. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/41; 47)
1991; Marcia Montgomery interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 19 July 1991. Family background; early memories of Merrylands; industry and farms; education; World War II; post war period. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/42)
1991; Stan Mather interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 16 May 1991. Family background; education; arrived in Australia from England in 1926; worked at Bonds plant at Wentworthville; descriptions of work and techniques used to process cotton; World War II; changing technologies and processes. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/43-44)
Date unknown; Interview with Angus Mackie. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/45)
1990; Jack McShane interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 3 Oct. 1990. Jack McShane reads a letter written by Jack Waters to Frank Bloxham concerning the early history of Prospect Reservior between 1900 and 1912. Also Jack McShane's own life, spent mainly in the Westmead area. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/46)
1991; Wylie and Robert Melosi interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Carmela Pelligra, 18 Nov. 1991. Family background; arrival of family from Italy in 1942; first settled at Redfern; moved to the Guildford area; farming at Yennora; father established a smallgoods business; ongoing family involvement in the smallgoods business. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/48)
Date unknown; Interview with Alan Newman at St. Margaret Mary's School. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/49)
1991; Eileen Neville, Betty Hogan, Elizabeth James, Lil Condon and Kath Dalkeith interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 27 Aug. & 11 Sept. 1991. Family backgrounds; all women moved to Merrylands; life in the Merrylands area. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/50-51)
1991; Val and Noelene Nadalini interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 21 Nov. 1991. Val arrived in Australia from Italy in 1952; family background in Italy; initial difficulties of finding work from a non-English speaking background; Noelene born at Gladstone Qld, from an Italian background; moved to Sydney aged seven years; family background and education; Greystanes and Merrylands; jobs; marriage; Italian community at Greystanes. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/52)
1991; Henry Newbould, Lilian Newbould, Noelene Noblett, Sylvia Bush and Yvonne Durran interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 23 Oct. 1991. Family background; education; memories of Merrylands area. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/53)
Date unknown; Interview with Rodney O'Donoughue. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/54)
1990; Gladys O'Malley interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 12 Oct. 1990. Born at Fairfield; family background; difficulties of early years; moved to Merrylands after marriage; recollections of Merrylands. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/55-56)
1990; Bill Pincott interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 1 Oct. 1990. Early history of Pincott family; family's contribution to the construction of Prospect Reservoir; history of Pincotts Roller preserved at Prospect Reservoir; family homes; education; World War I; detailed descriptions of sites around Prospect. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/57-58)
1992; Lloyd Petrie interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 4 Mar. 1992. Retired manager of Pipe Head at Prospect Reservoir; outlines development of Pipe Head and Sydney's early water supply; construction and maintenance of the Pipe Head; introduction of modern technology. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/59)
1991; Carmela Pelligra interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 11 Nov. 1991. Family background; born at the village Motta Camastra, Italy; description of village; family migration to Australia; education and work; marriage; discussion of traditional culture. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/60; 64)
Date unknown; Interview with Gloria Perrins. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/61)
1991; Carmen Portelli interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 5 Aug. 1991. Family background in Malta; father's arrival in Australia; family's arrival to join father; World War II; Wentworthville; Greystanes; Maltese Club. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/62-63)
1991; Ken Rollans, Vivienne Rollans, Fred Harrison and Phyllis Harrison interviewed by Sr. Garbiel Forster, 29 Nov. 1991. Family backgrounds; education and work; Merrylands; Wentworthville. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/65)
1991; Lottie Reade, Gwen and Reg Walker, Lance Robinson, Norman and Ann Treble and Keith and Beth Douglas interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 1 May 1991. Long term residents of Wentworthville discuss their early years, education and work; recollections of the Wentworthville area. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/66-67)
Date unknown; Interview with Carl Rudel. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/68)
1991; Peter Somerville interviewed by Harry Maley, 17 June 1991. Regional Manager of the Australian Wool Testing Authority, Yennora, NSW. Wool testing; wool production; the wool industry; wool sales; new technology. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/69)
1992; Stan Smith interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 10 Feb. 1992. Family background; parents decision to emigrate to Australia; settled at Merrylands; memories of Merrylands. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/70)
1992; Marie Scollard interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 11 & 12 Feb. 1992. Recalls details of 'Sherwood Scrubs'; World War II; education; Merrylands; trained as a nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn; descriptions of early Merrylands. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/71-72)
1992; Father Carmelo Sciberras interviewed by Mark Caruana, 2 Jan. 1992. Family background; father arrived in Australia from Malta in 1949 to work on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme; family followed 1956; studies for the priesthood; first curate of new parish at Greystanes in 1971; Maltese community at Greystanes. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/73)
1992; Annie Starr and Norma Lester interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Harry Maley, 6 Mar. 1992. Annie Starr tells of her family life in England; marriage; Guildford. Norma Lester, daughter of Annie Starr discusses her education; church; and family. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/74-75)
1991; Thelma Smith interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 21 Oct. 1991. Discusses her grandparents, the Holliers who lived in the Merrylands area in the 1870s; of their brickworks; her parents property; her family; education; local families; the Baptist church; early days at Merrylands. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/76)
1991; Warren Try interviewed by Harry Maley, 22 Feb. 1991. Family involvement in local transport at Merrylands; changes in the locality; changes in transport. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/77)
1991; Miriam Tupper interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 22 Mar & 22 May 1991. Family background; marriage; home at Wentworthville; Deputy Mistress at Wentworthville Infants School. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/78)
1991; Claire Thorley interviewed by Nance Roche, 11 & 20 Mar. 1991. Early memories of Merrylands; education; family details; Wentworthville School; Prospect Reservoir; work; marriage; Bonds factory. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/79-80)
1990; Norman Treble interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 22 & 24 Nov. 1990. A resident of Wentworthville since 1912 conducted a plumbing business in the area until his retirement. Detailed description of the Wentworthville area; the public school; shops and local business; local landmarks; his boyhood. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/81)
1991; Alfio Tripolone interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Carmela Pelligra, 24 Sept. 1991. Family background in Italy; war service in North Italy and Greece; marriage, 1946; arrived Australia in 1950; early Girraween; market garden; family. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/82)
1991; Giovanni Vitagliani interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster and Carmela Pelligra, 3 Dec. 1991. Family background in Italy; arrived in Australia in 1952; first to Queensland and then to Greystanes in Sydney; neighbours; early Greystanes; family; work; involvement in local church; Abruzzi Club. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/83)
1991; Nona White interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 2 Aug. 1991. Birth in England and family background; early impressions of Sydney; neighbours and landmarks in the Holroyd area. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/84)
1992; Eric Whalan interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 28 Feb. 1992. A descendant of Sgt. Charles Whalan; family history in relation to the Holroyd area; his working life; changes in Merrylands. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/85)
1991; Melville Wadds interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 23 September 1991. Early Guildford; family background; grandparents home at Merrylands; family life at Guildford. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/86)
1991; Albert Wills interviewed by Sr. Gabriel Forster, 13 Mar. 1991. Early memories of attending school at Camperdown and Newtown; life at Seven Hills; family background; Bond's factory; shoe business. (Call No.: CY MLOH 101/87)

Author/Artist entries:
Baxter, Gary
Bloxham, Francis
Booth, Elizabeth, 1895-
Burr, Cissy
Bush, Sylvia, 1909-
Byrnes, Emily
Byron, Arthur, 1915-
Camenzuli, Joseph, 1904-
Caruana, Mark
Cavallo, Rose, 1920-
Codd, Kathleen, 1897-
Condon, Lil, 1918-
Coulter, Jean, 1923-
Dalkeith, Kath, 1916-
Davis, Eldred Leonard
Dimech, Laurence
Douglas, Arthur
Douglas, Beth
Douglas, Herbert
Douglas, Keith
Durran, Yvonne
Dyer, Alvan
Dyer, Arnold
Edwards, Margaret
Endacott, Neta
Endacott, Nick
Endicott, Frank
Fitzmaurice, David, Sr.
Forster, Gabriele, Sr.
Frendo, Daphne
Galmes, Robert
Garner, Norma
Graham, George, 1911-
Grant, Daphne
Grinyer, Norm, 1920-
Grinyer, Shirley, 1923-
Harrison, Fred, 1917-
Harrison, Phyllis, 1913-
Henry, Harold, 1905-
Hession, Marjorie, 1905-
Hogan, Betty, 1929-
James, Elizabeth, 1917-
Johnson, Lyl
Langford, John
Lee, Kathleen
Lester, Norma, 1929-
MacDonald, Brenda, 1944-
Mackey, Charles, 1914-
Mackie, Angus
McNamara, Norman
McShane, Jack, 1907-
Maley, Harry
Mascord, Victor
Maston, Tony, 1911-
Mather, Stanley, 1901-
Melosi, Robert
Melosi, Wylie
Miller, Pat
Montgomery, Marcia
Mumford, Ada, 1927-
Nadalini, Noelene, 1938-
Nadalini, Val, 1931-
Neville, Eileen, 1918-
Newbould, Henry
Newbould, Lilian
Newman, Alan
Noblett, Noelene, 1938-
O'Donoughue, Rodney
O'Malley, Gladys, 1900-
Pankhurst, John
Patterson, Janelle
Pelligra, Carmela, 1943-
Perrins, Gloria
Petrie, Lloyd, 1928-
Pincott, Bill, 1894-
Portelli, Carmen
Rannard, Reginald, 1922-
Reade, Lottie
Robinson, Lance
Robinson, Netta, 1919-
Roche, Nance, 1922-
Rollans, Ken, 1926-
Rollans, Vivienne, 1927-
Rudel, Carl
Sciberras, Carmelo, 1938-
Scollard, Marie, 1934-
Smith, Beryl, 1933-
Smith, Stanley, 1919-
Smith, Thelma
Somerville, Peter
Starr, Annie, 1891-
Thorley, Claire
Treble, Ann
Treble, Norman
Treble, Norman, 1911-
Tripolone, Alfio, 1922-
Try, Warren, 1922-
Tupper, Miriam
Vitagliani, Giovanni
Wadds, Melville
Walker, Gwen
Walker, Reginald
Whalan, Eric, 1926-
White, Nona, 1913-
Wills, Albert, 1891-
Woodward, Robert

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