Interview material from Western Sydney women's oral history project: 'From farms to freeways: Women's memories of Western Sydney'
  • Description

    The project: 'From farms to freeways: Women's memories of Western Sydney' sought to capture the experiences of women who had lived in Blacktown and Penrith since the early 1950s, including their responses to social changes brought about by rapid suburbanisation in the Western Sydney region in the post-war period.\nThis dataset consists of 34 audio recordings, the resulting interview transcripts, participant photographs, and project material.
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      Data publication title Interview material from Western Sydney women's oral history project: 'From farms to freeways: Women's memories of Western Sydney'
    • Description

      The project: 'From farms to freeways: Women's memories of Western Sydney' sought to capture the experiences of women who had lived in Blacktown and Penrith since the early 1950s, including their responses to social changes brought about by rapid suburbanisation in the Western Sydney region in the post-war period.\nThis dataset consists of 34 audio recordings, the resulting interview transcripts, participant photographs, and project material.
      • Data type dataset
    • Keywords
      • oral history
      • Penrith
      • Blacktown
      • community formation
      • women
      • Western Sydney
      • suburbanisation
      • spoken Australian language
    • Funding source
      • Australian Research Council
    • Grant number(s)
      • - UWS012
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      SEO codes
    - Coverage
      Temporal (time) coverage
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      • Time period 40+ year period post World War Two
       
      Spatial (location,mapping) coverage
    • Locations
      • Penrith, AU (Australia/Sydney)
      • Blacktown, AU (Australia/Sydney)
    - Data
    - Supplements
    • Related publications
        Name Chambers, D. (1997). A stake in the country: Women's experiences of suburban development. In R. Silverstone (Ed.), Visions of suburbia (pp. 86-107): Routledge.
      • URL http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/45453349
      • Notes 9780415107167
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    - License
      The data will be licensed under CC BY: Attribution 3.0 AU
    • Other license
      • Statement of rights in data Copyright University of Western Sydney
    - Citation
      Citation Chambers, Deborah; Liston, Carol; Wieneke, Christine (2015): Interview material from Western Sydney women's oral history project: 'From farms to freeways: Women's memories of Western Sydney'. University of Western Sydney.

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