| Record Number |
14532 |
| Location |
Bookstack 331.88 NEW |
| Author |
Taylor, Don, 1891- 1988 |
| Title |
Don Taylor interviewed by Ros Bowden in the NSW Bicentennial oral history collection. [audio cassette]. |
| Published |
1985. |
| Collation |
3 sound cassettes (ca. 180 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. ; transcript. |
| Series |
NSW Bicentennial oral history collection |
| General Note |
Includes index. |
| Recorded by the NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project, funded by a bicentennial grant to the NSW Council on the Ageing and the Oral History Association of Australia (NSW). |
| Date of interview 1985. |
| Don Taylor was President of the NSW Teachers Federation from 1955-1963 and Deputy President from 1946-1955. |
| Supplied by National Library of Australia. |
| "Passed away at age of 96 years, 2 March 1988" - Education 14.2.1988, p.3. |
| Summary Note |
Taylor speaks of his parent's background ; his mother's family on the goldfields ; memories and experiences during early life on Adelong goldfields ; brothers and sisters ; father's employment as a mine manager ; death of his father, and the family coping ; lifestyle ; leaving school at 13 ; employment ; memories of Adelong community ; returning to school at 17 ; family life ; experiences training to become a teacher ; his political interests ; first teaching position in Ulma Valley, NSW, the school, equipment, accommodation, lifestyle, curriculum ; experiences during conscription referendums ; other employment ; country teachers, schools and teaching profession ; the educational system ; school texts ; his own schooling ; memories of the Boer War ; discipline in schools, changes to education and the number of schools in New South Wales ; teachers' backgrounds ; beginnings of the Teachers' Federation ; teaching placements ; system of promotion & seniority ; memories of flu epidemic after World War I ; school fees, exams and government rules for schools ; class sizes ; teaching experiences and anecdotes. |
| Personal Name |
Taylor, Don,1891- 1988 |
| Subject |
Teachers -- New South Wales -- Social conditions -- 1901-1945 |
| Education -- New South Wales -- History -- 1901-1945 |
| New South Wales Teachers Federation -- History |
| Added Name |
Bowden, Ros |
| Added Corporate Name |
N.S.W. Council on the Ageing |
| Oral History Association of Australia. N.S.W. Branch |
| NSW Bicentennial Oral History Project |
| Internet Site |
Access audio online at National Library of Australia |
