Bronte Moules - interview with Cyril Hume, ship-modeller and maritime historian, 1981
Bronte Moules - interview with Cyril Hume, ship-modeller and maritime historian, 1981
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1981
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MLOH 13
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Sound Recordings - 1 cassette - 30mins
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1981; Interview with Cyril L. Hume in which he talks of life during the 1930's Depression. He tells of his living conditions on an open verandah protected only by a canvas awning, of having to use dole coupons, and of his unremitting efforts to find work. During this period he visited the Public Library of New South Wales where he read a book on...
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Bronte Moules - interview with Cyril Hume, ship-modeller and maritime historian, 1981
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Presented by the Archives Authority of New South Wales in 1984
Administrative / Biographical history
Cyril L. Hume, ca.1900-1984, was a noted Australian ship-modeller and maritime historian who specialised in the clipper ship era. Hume was trained as a fitter and turner and was unemployed during the Depression of the 1930s. At that time he began visiting the Public Library, where he found a book on ship-modelling. His models of 'Cutty Sark' and...
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MLOH 13
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n88EBBRn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EBBRn
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411662
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