Item 06: Tapes 48-50 Anne Whitehead interview with Peter Wood, 6 February 1994
Item 06: Tapes 48-50 Anne Whitehead interview with Peter Wood, 6 February 1994
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6 February 1994
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MLOH 890/49-51
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3 audiocassettes (approximately 4 hrs, 40 min.)
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In copyright
Copyright holder : State Library of New South Wales
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales courtesy of Anne Whitehead
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Contents
Peter talks about his memories of growing up at Cosme, of Gavin Souter’s visit to Cosme in 1965 and how he helped arrange his migration to Australia. His confusion on arrival in Sydney and his subsequent move to Griffith, arranged by Minister Al Grassby. Peter talks about settling in at Griffith, the arrival from Paraguay of his cousin George, ente...
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Item 06: Tapes 48-50 Anne Whitehead interview with Peter Wood, 6 February 1994
Notes
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Tape 48 Side A transcript A-03A pages 1177-1178 and Side B pages 1179-1180; Tape 49 Side A transcript A-03A pages 1181-1183 and Side B 1184-1190; Tape 50 Side A transcript A-03A pages 1190-1191 and Side B is Blank
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Administrative / Biographical history
Peter Wood is the son of Wallace Wood of Colonia Cosme and grandson of Billy Wood, former Secretary of the General Labourers’ Union at Bourke during the 1891 Shearers’ Strike, and who took his family to Colonia Cosme in Paraguay in 1895. Peter Wood was the first of the Australian Paraguayans to return to the land of his forebears, arriving in Sydne...
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MLOH 890/49-51
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YezWeZK9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YezWeZK9
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9654490
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