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Victoria - Archival Item

Charlie Walker interviewed by Rob Willis in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording] (2010)

From
2010
To
2010
Website
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4803292
Reference No
4803292
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National Library of Australia Bib ID

'Charlie Walker interviewed by Rob Willis in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project' is a sound recording held at the National Library of Australia. It is a recording of an interview in 2010 with Charlie Walker, who was born in 1935. In the interview Charlie Walker talks about the Broadmeadows Babies Home, St Anthony's Boys Home (Kew) St Joseph's (Surrey Hills), his education and his time at St Augustine's Orphanage, Geelong (1945-1950). He also discusses his working life, National Service (1956), finding his family, writing his book Charlie the ratbag orphan and the apology to the Forgotten Australians.

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Access open for research, personal copies and public use.

Publications

Books

  • Walker, Charlie, Charlie, the ratbag orphan : an orphan survivor in Australia, Flea Company Ltd, Heidelberg West, Vic, 2010. Details

Prepared by: Rosemary Francis