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Highway heritage oral history project, highway stories of the 50s, 60s and 70s, interviews and project by Lesley Jenkins ; Cal McKinnon, photographer ; Office of City Architect and Heritage, Gold Coast City Council

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Highway heritage oral history project

interviews and project by Lesley Jenkins ; Cal McKinnon, photographer ; Office of City Architect and Heritage, Gold Coast City Council

highway stories of the 50s, 60s and 70s

"In 2006 the Gold Coast City Council embarked on a project to record the oral histories of people associated with the city's post-war coastal development. The Gold Coast's development in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s was influential in turning the city from a sleepy seaside enclave into a pleasure and leisure capital with a distinctive personality. The development of motels, entertainment venues, beach fashion and leisure were an important part of the cultural transformation. These recordings with residents and visitors concentrate on the early years of the development of the Gold Coast strip as one of Australia's best known leisure and pleasure capitals and what life was like back then. "--websiteA collection of 36 interviews, filed in the order in which they were undertaken. Each interview contains an interview transcript or summary, and an audio CD. This project documents the memories, photos and objects of the Gold Coast's coastal strip communities, and long-term visitors. The project has collected stories about the early period of development of motels and tourism culture on the Gold Coast for the use and understanding of future generations. A total of 40 people were interviewed in 36 sessions. The project commenced in August 2006 and was completed in September 2007

Volume 1. Risks associated with the use of recordable CDs and DVDs as reliable storage media in archival collections: strategies and alternatives (2006, 28 p. ) -- Information sheet on the locations of the photographic portraits / Cal McKinnon (2007, 1 p.) -- Alan A. Richards [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Isabelle Thatcher [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Stafford H. 'Paddy' Cruise [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Dolores (Medland) Nolan [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Jane Glohe (nee Brown) [summary ; 1 disc] -- Margo Roulston (nee Margaret St Clair) [summary ; 1 disc] -- Esma Graham (nee Patch) [summary ; 1 disc] -- David Brownsey [summary ; 1 disc] -- George Caller [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Kathryn Bullock (nee Ford) [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Audrey Shore [summary ; 1 disc] -- Cyril Richarde [summary ; 1 disc]Volume 2. Peter Javelin [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Michelle Douglass [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Rene Kuiper (nee Pampel) [transcript ; 2 discs] -- Shane O'Connor OAM [summary ; 1 disc] -- Marianne Vanek [embargoed until 2020] -- Kerry Mandry [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Ron Hope [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Leo 'Lucky' Grills (deceased) [transcript ; 2 discs] -- Gael Maude (nee McKenzie) & Jeanette Hammans (nee McKenzie) [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Lisa Stubbs (nee Brady) [transcript ; 2 discs] -- Bob Sawtell [transcript ; 2 discs] -- Dorothy Henderson & Ted Henderson [transcript ; 1 disc]Volume 3. Joan 'Polly' Anderson [transcript ; 2 discs] -- Hazel Yule [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Dorothy Jackson [transcript ; 2 discs] -- Stephen Doo [summary ; 1 disc] -- Colin Hoy [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Albert 'Bert' Cockerill [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Beryl Carnell (nee Bray) [transcript ; 2 discs] -- Allan Alexander 'Bill' Stafford [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Wendy Seares (nee Mills) & Max Seares [transcript ; 2 discs] -- Paula Stafford (nee Robertson) [transcript ; 1 disc] -- Kenneth 'Chris' Petersen [transcript ; 1 disc] -- John Wheatley [transcript ; 1 disc]. Stella Dunn interview added to collection 2018

Highway heritage oral history project, highway stories of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s