Aftershocks, an oral history of the Newcastle earthquake in 1989, told by the staff and friends of the Newcastle Workers Club

MLOH 559

fonds

28 December 1989-January 1991

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories

966917

Digitised

20 audiocassettes (16 hr., 26 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

On 28 December, 1989, an earthquake struck the New South Wales city of Newcastle. One of the worst affected sites was the Newcastle Workers' Club, a large building in which nine people died and which was all but completely destroyed. About one year later, a group of community cultural development workers from Newcastle Trades Hall Council decided to produce a documentary play about the collapse of the Workers' Club.

'Aftershocks', a project of the Newcastle Workers' Cultural Action Committee, documents the earthquake and its aftermath. It consists of interviews gathered from people who were directly affected by the destruction of the Club: members, staff, patrons and friends.

Reference:
QUT Digital Repository. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/5377/1/5377.pdf (accessed 21 March, 2012)

Item 01: Bob Asquith and Fay Asquith interview
Item 02: Peter Barrack interview
Item 03: Gordon Kerridge interview
Item 04: Lyn Brown interview
Item 05: Diane Barrack interview
Item 06: Elaine Gibson interview
Item 07: John Constable interview
Item 08: Wayne Dean interview
Item 09: Howard Gibson interview
Item 10: Stan Gill interview
Item 11: Kerry Ingram interview
Item 12: Margaret Lowndes and Greg Lawrie interview
Item 13: Janette McMahon interview
Item 14: Jenny Mathews interview
Item 15: Stefo Nantsou interview
Item 16: Jack Onslow interview
Item 17: Maureen Molloy interview
Item 18: Julie Pavlov-Kirri interview
Item 19: Marg Turnbull interview
Item 20: Vera Murray interview
Item 21: David Ross interview
Item 22: Nina Bailey interview
Item 23: Melka Middleby interview
Item 24: Eddie Seymour interview
Item 25: Mark Smallcome interview
Item 26: Terry Ware interview

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