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Oral history of Dorothy Jacobs
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Dorothy Jacobs of Vimiera Road, Marsfield took place on 19 October 1998. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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DescriptionDorothy's childhood was spent on a small orchard and market garden at Marsfield. She married into a family that ran a poultry farm in the same area.
This interview details a way of life that has disappeared and paints a vivid portrait of community life in Marsfield 1920s-1950s
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SubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionDorothy Jacobs, b.1919--InterviewsMoseley familyJacobs familySt Kevin's Primary School (Eastwood, NSW)Marsfield Public School (Marsfield, NSW)Eastwood Co-operative Society (Eastwood, NSW)Depressions--1929--Australia--Social conditions--Personal narrativesPoultry industry--New South Wales--MarsfieldOrchards--New South Wales--MarsfieldFarm life--New South Wales--MarsfieldMarsfield (NSW)--HistoryMarsfield (NSW)--Social life and customsSpooner Highway (Sydney, NSW)Market gardening--New South Wales--Ryde RegionCollectionI,J,K,L
Dorothy Jacobs, b.1919--InterviewsMoseley familyJacobs familySt Kevin's Primary School (Eastwood, NSW)Marsfield Public School (Marsfield, NSW)Eastwood Co-operative Society (Eastwood, NSW)Depressions--1929--Australia--Social conditions--Personal narrativesPoultry industry--New South Wales--MarsfieldOrchards--New South Wales--MarsfieldFarm life--New South Wales--MarsfieldMarsfield (NSW)--HistoryMarsfield (NSW)--Social life and customsSpooner Highway (Sydney, NSW)Market gardening--New South Wales--Ryde RegionCollectionI,J,K,LOral history of Dorothy Jacobs. Ryde History Hub, accessed 12/03/2026, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6324