• Title
  Item 1: Susan Prior interview by Amanda Gearing
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  27 September 2022
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9684249
• Physical Description
  1 audio file (37 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 16 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Susan Prior first came to Norfolk Island to raise her family with her then husband who was the island dentist. In this interview, Susan talks about the pull of Norfolk Island; the administrative differences between the island and the mainland; renovating a home on the island; shipping access including the need for containerisation over break bulk cargo; sewerage problems and the establishment of a water quality committee; loss of coral reef and wildlife, including the illness of Doris the turtle; and her own role in photographing the island's ecology over many years.
  
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: Amanda Gearing
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Amanda Gearing
• General note
  
  Recorded at Susan Prior's house, Norfolk Island, 27 September 2022.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Prior, Susan
  
• Subject
  Prior, Susan--Interviews.
  Human ecology--Norfolk Island.
  Marine biology--Research.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE21252059

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