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Oral history of Owen Bennett
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Owen Bennet of Darwin Street, West Ryde took place on 3 November 1998. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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Owen Bennett recalls his childhood and growing up during the Depression. He describes the dairies and market gardens in the West Ryde area.
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KeywordChinese market gardensSubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionOwen Bennett, b.1923--InterviewsOwen Bennett, 1923-Wilfred Bill BennettMargaret BennettPatrick John Augustine (Gus) Bowe, d.1941West Ryde Public School (West Ryde, NSW)Depressions--1929--New South Wales--Ryde RegionWorld War, 1939-1945--New South Wales--Ryde RegionOrchards--New South Wales--Ryde RegionDairying--New South Wales--Ryde RegionFishing--New South Wales--Ryde RegionBuilders--New South Wales--Ryde RegionHorticulture--New South Wales--Ryde RegionLumber trade--New South Wales--Ryde RegionMotion picture theaters--New South Wales--Ryde RegionRyde (NSW)--Social life and customesRyde (NSW)--HistoryAdelaide Street (West Ryde, NSW)Market gardening--New South Wales--Ryde RegionLarrikinism--New South Wales--Ryde RegionCollectionA-B
Oral history of Owen Bennett. Ryde History Hub, accessed 10/12/2025, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6320




