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Sheila Nottley was born on 12th June, 1908, on a farming property near Kempsey. When Sheila was three months old, her mother died. Sheila moved to Sydney in 1945, firstly to Eastern Creek where she and her husband ran a dairy. They moved to Mt Druitt…

Patricia Parker was born on 19th August, 1937, at the Paddington Women's Hospital in Sydney. Patricia moved to Blacktown with her husband and three children in the mid-1950s at age 21. Both Patricia and her husband joined the Communist Party, and…

Claire Pfoeffer was born on 30th January, 1913, at Parramatta. Claire moved to Seven Hills when she was aged 10. After leaving school, Claire held a variety of secretarial jobs through her life, working for 28 years at a company named Australian…

Winsome Phillis was born on 5th March, 1929, at Riverstone. Winsome's father worked at the Riverstone Meatworks and the family lived in a house they had built in Regent Street, Riverstone. After leaving school at age 15, Phillis completed a…

Mary Pike was born on 13th December, 1924, at North Sydney and moved to Windsor when she was six weeks old. In 1936, the family moved to Penrith. At the time of the interview, Mary had lived in her house in Lemongrove Road, Penrith, for 50 years.…

Alice Potter was born on 30th September, 1929, at Blacktown. Alice's parents owned a house on land which was later bought by Blacktown Workers Club. Alice married in 1954 and the couple lived with her parents for one year, before moving to Rooty…

Olive Price was born on 8th February, 1918, at Hornsby. The family moved to Penrith when Olive was aged around 7 or 8. After leaving school Olive attended business college at Parramatta and worked in Sydney and locally.

Diana Reynolds was born on 24th January, 1929, at Penrith. Diana's father was one of two doctors in Penrith and the surgery was attached to the house on the corner of High and Evans Street. Diana attended the Australian College of Physical Education…

Olga Robshaw was born on the 8th November, 1924, at Riverstone. Her childhood was spent on a small poultry farm at Schofields, which her father had established after retiring from Riverstone Meatworks. Olga married at age 18 and ran 'The Advocate'…

Doreen Scott was born on 1st December, 1925, at Camden. Doreen grew up on a property at Luddenham, moving to Penrith when she married in 1944. Doreen ran Scott's Corner Shop in High Street, Penrith for many years; her husband Jim ran his auto…