Title Life's been good : the children of the Great Depression / Glen McLaren

Published South Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1999

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W'PONDS	994.042 Mcl/Lbg		AVAILABLE

Description 269 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Contents "I've got no regrets" / Olive Rodgers -- "Everything's more or less worked out well" / Doug Martin -- "I've taken history ... I've lived it" / Kathleen Beatrice Sweeting -- "I wouldn't change my life in any way" / Jack Kirkpatrick -- "I've always been able to have a good laugh" / Lorna May McLaren -- "I want to go back to my own country / Hans Christian Valdemar Dane Peder Sorensen -- "I've been happy" / Mary Campbell Johns -- "The luckiest day of my life was when I met Marlene" / Reg Baker Summary A collection of interviews with people who grew up through the Great Depression in Australia Analysis Biography Economic conditions Great Depression Poverty Social conditions Subject Children -- Australia -- Interviews. Children -- Australia -- Social conditions. Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Biography. Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia -- Interviews. Depressions -- 1929 -- Australia. Families -- Australia -- History. SUBJECT Australia -- Economic conditions -- 1918- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009586 Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 1929-1939 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 1929-1939 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Australia -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 Genre/Form Biographies. Interviews. LC no. 00503384 ISBN 1863682651

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