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Oral History - Boris Sch...

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

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Oral History - Boris Schkut and Nick Pastor, 2005

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Unique IDOH-000245SeriesCity of Sydney oral history collection, 1982 - ongoingInterviewerFrank HeimansProject nameMillers Point (Housing NSW)ThemeOur CityDate of interview4th October 2005Date qualifierexactFormatAudio - DigitalSummary of interviewBoris Schkut and Nick Pastor are half brothers who spent part of their childhood in Millers Point. Boris was born in Klagenfurt, Austria in 1945; and in Nick was in Sydney in 1951. They are of partial Russian. Boris came to Australia as a displaced person with his mother after the war in 1949 and his mother subsequently married Nick’s father. In their interview Boris and Nick recall aspects of fragmented family life; migrant camp in Bathurst NSW; growing up in Millers Point; tough experiences as an immigrant child; the Millers Point house they lived in; playing; school; landlords; neighbours; local occupations and industries; shops and shopkeepers; betting; fights and skylarking. LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNoBorn digital itemYes

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