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- Council
- Events
- People & Families
- Places
- Bridges
- Cemeteries
- Churches
- Crematoria
- Houses - demolished
- Houses - heritage
- Pleasure Grounds
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- Eastwood Public School
- Ermington Public School
- Gladesville Public School
- Holy Cross College
- Kent Road Public School
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Oral history of Mervyn Chin
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Mervyn Chin of Bowden Street, Ryde took place on 22 September 1997. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection


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KeywordChinese market gardensSubjectsMervyn Chin, b.1905--Interviews
Mervyn Chin, 1905-Patrick John Augustine (Gus) Bowe, d.1941
Sundin family
Plessey Pacific Ltd Ltd (Meadowbank, NSW)
Meadowbank Manufacturing Company (Meadowbank, NSW)
World War, 1914-1918--New South Wales--Ryde Region
Depressions--1929--Australia--Social conditions--Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945--New South Wales--Ryde Region
Motion PIcture Theaters--New South Wales--Ryde Region
Urban transportation--New South Wales--Ryde Region
Ryde (NSW)--History
Ryde (NSW)--Social life and customs
Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
CollectionC-D
OrganisationMeadowbank Manufacturing Company
Mervyn Chin, 1905-Patrick John Augustine (Gus) Bowe, d.1941
Sundin family
Plessey Pacific Ltd Ltd (Meadowbank, NSW)
Meadowbank Manufacturing Company (Meadowbank, NSW)
World War, 1914-1918--New South Wales--Ryde Region
Depressions--1929--Australia--Social conditions--Personal narratives
World War, 1939-1945--New South Wales--Ryde Region
Motion PIcture Theaters--New South Wales--Ryde Region
Urban transportation--New South Wales--Ryde Region
Ryde (NSW)--History
Ryde (NSW)--Social life and customs
Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
CollectionC-D
OrganisationMeadowbank Manufacturing CompanyOral history of Mervyn Chin. Ryde History Hub, accessed 13/02/2026, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6257




