June Courtney - Merivale Oral History

Half hour interview with June Courtney for the Merivale Oral History Project. Interviewed by Merewahia Rogers on 13 September 1994. Copied onto Side B of a TEAC CDX60 audio cassette tape.

Handwritten notes on cover:

• Early farm life
• Home made soap
• Development Yatton Park
• Fraser Street

National Library item description (OHInt-0329-03): Recalls settlement in Merivale in 1969. Discusses early farming life at Welcome Bay and lack of appliances and technology. Talks in detail on the ingredients and processes of soap making. Recounts life in Merivale and development of Yatton Park. Mentions neighbour, Val Matthews. Mentions Fraser Street homes and flooding problems. Details closure of Merivale Post Office, and outsiders perspectives of the community.