Interview Transcripts
Description
Transcripts of the recorded interviews with each participant. Some transcripts were available as existing Microsoft Word documents, others were scanned to PDF format and converted to Microsoft Word using OCR software. All transcripts were then converted to PDF/A format for inclusion in this site.
Transcript of interview with Joy Willis
Joy Willis was born on 5th February, 1926 at St. Marys. Joy attended school in St Marys and Penrith. After leaving school Joy worked for Manpower, who would place her at various locations doing 'war work', until the end of World War 2 in 1945. Joy…
Transcript of interview with Audrey Watson
Audrey Watson was born on 23rd August, 1922 at Sydney. Audrey moved to Penrith with her husband in 1946. The couple lived in a flat above a shop for a number of years before building a house at Emu Plains. Audrey ran the tea room at the Lewer's…
Transcript of interview with Amelia Vincent
Amelia Vincent was born in 1914, in Italy. Amelia's family migrated to Sydney in 1922, and moved to a new block of land in Blacktown a year later. The family ran a vineyard and Amelia's father worked as a bricklayer.