Eileen (Joan) Brain discusses her experiences growing up in Tasmania, 1937-1947, interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton

Accession Number	AWM2018.572.7
Collection type	Sound
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60
Maker	Brain, Eileen (Joan)
Place made	Australia: Tasmania, Hobart, Brighton
Date made	4 January 2001
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Source credit to	This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.

Description

Eileen (Joan) Brain interviewed by Alison Viney Houghton for her "The Age of Innocence 1937–1947" oral history project. The interview covers Joan Brain's experience as a young person living through the Second World War, covering subjects such as leaving school at age 14, working, lifestyle, rationing, black outs and black out curtains, air raid shelters, and places she lived in Tasmania. A transcript of this recording is available. For further information please contact the Sound section.

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