Nyngan Floods Oral History Project interviews conducted by Edward Stokes for Australian Heritage Projects, 1990

MLOH 660

fonds

1990

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories

971481

Digitised

45 audiocassettes (33 hr., 20 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

On 23 April, 1990, the town of Nyngan was flooded. It was evacuated the following day using helicopters and its people were taken to Dubbo where they stayed until Nyngan was habitable again. The oral history project was commissioned by the Bogan Shire Council to record and commemorate the flood.

The interviews set out to capture the recollections of a cross section of people whose lives were affected by the flood. These include the people of Nyngan and the Bogan district, members of the Police Force and the Ambulance Service, ministers of religion, members of charitable organisations such as the St Vincent de Paul Society and the Salvation Army, Bushfire Brigades, and volunteers from Dubbo and Cobar.

The interviews were conducted in Nyngan by interviewer Edward Stokes in December 1990.

Reference:
First page of vol. 1 of the transcripts

Item 01: Bruce Barrow interview by Edward Stokes
Item 02: Karen and Sid Boyle interview by Edward Stokes
Item 03: Nancy Brooksby interview by Edward Stokes
Item 04: Greg Crawford interview by Edward Stokes
Item 05: Jim Donohoe interview by Edward Stokes
Item 06: Doyle family interview by Edward Stokes
Item 07: The Dubbo Bushfire Brigade interview by Edward Stokes
Item 08: Dubbo electrical volunteers interview by Edward Stokes
Item 09: Wilfrid Gibson interview by Edward Stokes
Item 10: Pat Glennie interview by Edward Stokes
Item 11: Jack Haines interview by Edward Stokes
Item 12: Jim Hampstead interview by Edward Stokes
Item 13: John Hoare interview by Edward Stokes
Item 14: Ian and Vonny Hollingsworth interview by Edward Stokes
Item 15: James Howatson interview by Edward Stokes
Item 16: Maureen Jenner interview by Edward Stokes
Item 17: Don Lister interview by Edward Stokes
Item 18: John Lovett interview by Edward Stokes
Item 19: Colin McCarthy interview by Edward Stokes
Item 20: Dick McDermott interview by Edward Stokes
Item 21: Frank Moxon interview by Edward Stokes
Item 22: Peter Murphy interview by Edward Stokes
Item 23: Children at Nyngan Public School interview by Edward Stokes
Item 24: Tom Payne interview by Edward Stokes
Item 25: Bill Power interview by Edward Stokes
Item 26: Isobel Pretty interview by Edward Stokes
Item 27: Fred Pryor interview by Edward Stokes
Item 28: Judith Read interview by Edward Stokes
Item 29: Rodney Robb interview by Edward Stokes
Item 30: Betty Taylor interview by Edward Stokes
Item 31: Tom Stuart interview by Edward Stokes
Item 32: Pauline Wallace interview by Edward Stokes
Item 33: Bob Whatham interview by Edward Stokes
Item 34: Keith White interview by Edward Stokes

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The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017, of the Library's oral history collections.

Transcripts of interviews (except Bob Whatham) available in Mitchell Library Reading Room (4 vols.)
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