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

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Oral History - Brian Harrison, 2005

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Unique IDOH-000244SeriesCity of Sydney oral history collection, 1982 - ongoingInterviewerFrank HeimansProject nameMillers Point (Housing NSW)ThemeOur CityDate of interview15th July 2005Date qualifierexactFormatAudio - DigitalSummary of interviewBrian Harrison was born in 1946 and moved to Millers Point as a baby. His family ran several boarding houses and residentials in the area. In his interview he talks about his well-known aunt the activist and landlady Shirley Ball; social distinctions between Dawes Point and Millers Point; the ‘Battle of the Landladies’; local characters; unsavoury aspects of boarding house life; thugs and crooks; his different jobs and merchandising businesses; personal issues; individual tenants; resident action; and the maintenance of historic buildings. LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNoBorn digital itemYes

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