9683063
- TitleItem 1: Michael Kelly oral history interview by Louise Whelan, 3 June 2024
- Level of descriptionitem
- Date
3 June 2024 - Type of material
- Reference code9683063
- Physical Description2 audio files (3 hr., 48 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
- Scope and ContentThe first part of the interview tracks Michael’s early life. He tells of growing up in Orange and Brisbane, including his earliest memories of family life, school days and his parents’ relationship, the birth of his younger brother and sister who was born with an intellectual disability, the resultant tension between his parents and the family’s move to Sydney in 1964, when Michael was 8 years old. He touches on early artistic influences, including his relationship with his mother who he accompanied to amateur painting classes as a teenager.
Michael recounts the difficulties of his teen years, troublemaking with his brother and expulsion from high school, but also the joy of his first relationship and discovering cultural icons such as the Yellow House in Kings Cross. He speaks of an array of early jobs at Dalgetty’s, the Commonwealth Bank, in Indian restaurants, working as a cleaner at La Parisienne Pussycat, being a student nurse at Gladesville Psychiatric Hospital and working at Chaffers tannery in Willoughby – all while straddling family responsibilities. Michael had no idea that one could have a career in art, despite being interested in architecture and drawing buildings, but sometimes fantasised about being a painter. - Copying ConditionsIn copyright:
Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
Recorded at Michael Kelly’s home in Woolloomooloo, Sydney on 3 June 2024. - Creator/Author/Artist
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