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Subiaco Museum > Records

ORAL HISTORY (AUDIO): HARRISON, VERA MAY

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1984

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Mrs Vera Harrison was interviewed by Donna Moore on 4 May 1984.
Born 1903, in 1910 moved to 47 Rosebury Street. Recalls Catherine Street Dance Hall, 'The Shelter Shed', Regal Theatre and Gardens, 1927 West Subiaco, Montief's House and factory, Grundonan airstrip, Lime Kilns, Methodist Church, Shenton Park; Emu and West Subiaco buses, home medicine, influenza epidemic, diptheria hospital, Coolgardie Street hospital. Early Shenton Park, first car, trams, Hiawatha Club, Church Clubs

Interviewee: Vera Harrison
Date of Interview: 4 May 1984
Interviewer: Donna Moore
Transcriber: TBC
Indexer: TBC

Historical information

Mrs Harrison was interviewed by Donna Moore on 4 May 1984. The original tapes are in the Battye Library and have not been transcribed

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cwa-org-43-1986.319

Keywords

HARRISON, Vera May

West Subiaco Aerodrome

Pandemic - 1918 Influenza

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Statement of significance

Social history of Shenton Park and Subiaco

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