Smoky Dawson, excerpt from interview with Rob Willis, 20 April 2000

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In
Forgotten Australians: Our History website
Author
Willis, Rob
Secondary Author
National Museum of Australia; National Library of Australia
Publication Date
2009
Publisher
Australian Government
URL
http://www.forgottenaustralianshistory.gov.au/oral_histories.html
Description
"While talking about his childhood, Smoky discusses his time in the [St Vincent de Paul] orphanage, and reflects with typical good humour on the pleasure he felt when spending time away from it...This is an edited excerpt from an interview by Rob Willis on 20 April 2000. The catalogue record for the complete sound recording is at: National Library of Australia: ORAL TRC 3388/231-232" [taken from the Forgotten Australians: Our History website, February 2010].

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St Vincent de Paul Orphanage for Boys (1874 - 1967)

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