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City of Melville Museums > Records

Oral History - Mr Edwin Henry Mitchell

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1983

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Melville Sound and Vision Collection

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Oral history interview of Mr Edwin Henry Mitchell. Interviewer is Maureen McGarry. Interview is thirty minutes long. Mr. Mitchell talks about his time working and living at the Groves’ family dairy following his relocation here from England. Because of his job he had the privilege of access to a car, when few other people of the time had cars. He also narrowly avoided harm when there was a shooting off North Lake Road.

One cassette, two digital parts.

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cwa-org-137-OH1983.16

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People
Social History

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Western Australia
Australia

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City of Melville Museums

City of Melville Museums

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