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Oral history of Olive Taylor
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Olive Taylor of Hughes Street, Meadowbank took place on 27 July 1997. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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Olive Taylor grew up in the family home built by her father, an English stonemason. She tells us about her family's life in Meadowbank.
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SubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionOlive Elizabeth Taylor, 1916---InterviewsOlive Elizabeth Taylor, 1916-West Ryde Public School (West Ryde, NSW)Meadowbank Park (Meadowbank, NSW)Meadowbank Baths (Parramatta River, NSW)Hughes Street (Meadowbank, NSW)Motion picture theaters--New South Wales--Ryde RegionRowing--New South Wales--Parramatta RiverDepressions--1929--Australia--Social conditions--Personal narrativesWorld War, 1939-1945--New South Wales--Ryde RegionMeadowbank (NSW)--HistoryMeadowbank (NSW)--Social life and customsCollectionT,U,VPlaceMeadowbank ParkMeadowbank Baths
Oral history of Olive Taylor. Ryde History Hub, accessed 07/12/2025, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6272




