• Title
  Item 5: Rosalie Bragg and Joy Lewis interview by Sue Andersen and Laila Ellmoos, 28 March 2010
• Call number
  MLOH 877/8-9
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  28 March 2010
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9639991
• Issue Copy
  Sound Recording : Available online with transcript
  
• Physical Description
  2 sound discs (1 hr, 58 min.) - digital
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Rosalie Bragg started work at the Stockton Centre in 1962. She trained as a mental health nurse and then as a general nurse. Apart from three years working in aged care, she has spent her entire career at Stockton.
  Joy Lewis started work on the wards at the Stockton Centre in 1959. After undergoing training, she was appointed as a recreation officer. She retired in 2007.
  
  Reference:
  Compiled from the collection
• Collection history
  Recorded at Merewether, New South Wales, on 28 March 2010
• Scope and Content
  Oral history interview with Rosalie Bragg and Joy Lewis, conducted by Sue Andersen and Laila Ellmoos and transcribed by Kerrie McGovan. Rosalie Bragg and Joy Lewis talk about: starting work at the Stockton Centre, Rosalie in 1962 and Joy in 1959; their early experiences on the wards and the lack of orientation; Rosalie's training as a psychiatric nurse; Joy's training as a recreation officer; changes in government departments overseeing the Stockton Centre; the introduction of the disability support pension and its effect on residents; their working conditions; the school and preschool at Stockton; Rosalie's move to nurse education; changes in the use of physical and chemical restraints; the first boys to come to Stockton; residents who escaped; the 'foster grans' program; preparing residents for moving into the community; memories of some residents; access to the wards and units; and the workshop.
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: Download available for research, personal use and public use
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Ellmoos, Laila
  Bragg, Rosalie Anne, 1945-
  Lewis, Margaret Joy, 1942-
  McGovan, Kerrie
  
• Subject
  Nurses--New South Wales--Interviews.
  Recreational therapists--Interviews.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE15834579

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