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City of Sydney oral history collection, 1982 - ongoing

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Millers Point Oral History Project: summary report/ [Frank Heimans]

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Oral History - Patricia Phillips, 2005

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Unique IDOH-000204SeriesCity of Sydney oral history collection, 1982 - ongoingInterviewerSiobhán McHughProject nameMillers Point (Housing NSW)ThemeOur CityDate of interview18th July 2005Date qualifierexactFormatAudio - DigitalSummary of interviewPatricia Phillips came to The Rocks [adjacent to Millers Point] in 1970 after working in nursing, publishing, and other fields in Melbourne. In her interview she talks about managing the then new Argyle Arts Centre in the Rocks; the Argyle celebrations; local identities; pub crawls; her sandwich shop; tourism; Green Bans; leaving the area to take care of a family; the local community; and being a landlady in Millers Point. She discusses the ‘Battle of the Landladies’ (which occurred after the transition of authority from the Maritime Services Board to the Department of Housing) in which the landladies fought to protect their longstanding arrangements for subletting accommodation in large dwellings.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNoBorn digital itemYes

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Patricia Phillips, 2005. Photograph by Siobhán McHugh

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SurnamePhillipsGiven namesPatricia

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SoundStereoDuration (hr:min:sec)00:52:37

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Subject tagsMillers PointPublic access statusOpen to public access

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CollectionOur CityMillers PointRelated itemsMillers Point Oral History Project: summary report/ [Frank Heimans]

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Oral History - Patricia Phillips, 2005