Ronald (Ron) Richardson
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Interview recorded with Ronald Richardson, 7 May 2008 at Peachtree estate, PenrithScope and content: Disc: 27 tracks, 78:43 mins
Main title:
Ronald (Ron) Richardson / intverviewed by Geraldine Cook for the History of Penrith Project
Imprint:
Penrith, NSW : Penrith City Library, 2008
Collation:
1 audio cd : 1 cdrom (interviews in .wma ; photographs in .jpg)
Notes:
Track markers have been created on this disc at approximately 3 minute intervals for ease of listening.Oral History Project: History of Penrith
Contents:
Interview recorded with Ronald (Ron) Richardson, businessman and Emu Plains resident, concerning his life growing up in Union Road Penrith - Nurse Leitch's hospital - Camphor Laurel trees in Union Road - Ben Chifley - Nepean River - swimming and fishing, level of the river, floods - Log Cabin - World War 2, rations - Flooding at Penrith and Peachtree Creek - School life at Henry Street School - Penrith High School - The Towers - Migrants - Utah Constructions munitions factory - playing rugby league and cricket - work at the Nepean Milk Factory - dairy farming in the district - Wines dairy farm at Emu Plains - milk deliveries - dairy Jersey farm next to the milk factory owned by Darcy Lowe - Castlereagh farms and orchards - Minnaville - quarrying at Castlereagh and Penrith Lakes Scheme - Warragamba Dam construction - gravel quarrying at McCann's Island for dam construction - National Service in the 1960s - worked for Bill Chapman trucking and carting business (15-20 trucks) - setting up his own trucking business with Syd Richardson, his father carting metal, sand and soil for the quarries - carted for all the farms in the castlereagh area - set up the Penrith Truck Show at Powerhouse Museum - Power station - Picture theatres at Penrith - Shirley's piggery - Emu Plains - bushfires at Emu Plains - transporting an elephant for the circus - sporting facilities - rowing and the Nepean Rowing Club.
Dewey class:
994.41
Language:
English
Subject:
Nineteen sixties -- Penrith (NSW) -- Oral historiesBushfires -- Emu Plains (N.S.W.) -- Oral historiesPenrith City Library -- History of Penrith Project: Oral HistoriesRonald (Ron) Richardson -- Oral historiesNineteen fifties -- Penrith (NSW) -- Oral historiesSand and gravel extraction industry -- Emu Plains (NSW) -- 20th century -- Oral historiesPenrith Region (NSW) -- Oral historiesCastlereagh (NSW) -- Oral historyEmu Plains (N.S.W.) -- Oral histories
BRN:
125522
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Local AV | 994.41 HIS | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |