Item 1: Mrs Swinborne oral history interview by Julie Petersen

MLOH 764/1

item

1981 or 1982

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories

9651018

1 audiotape reel (17 min.) - 13 cm, 6 mm tape

MLOH 764/1 (17 min.):
Mrs. Swinborne (given name unknown), who was born in 1895, talks about her life in Sydney, mainly during the late 1920s; her job as a ticket/show card writer; starting her own business and selling artists' work; being a student of artist Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo; establishing a club in Pitt Street during the Depression which was frequented by bohemians; writing a book about the bohemians; publishing a book of verse by Dulcie Deamer, the 'Queen of Bohemia', in 1948, for which Norman Lindsay illustrated the cover. During the recording Mrs Swinborne sings two bohemian songs.

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Interviewer: Petersen, Julie
Interviewee: Swinborne, Mrs