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Oral history of Laura Brackenbury
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Collection SummaryThis interview with Laura Brackenbury took place at her home Batten Avenue, West Ryde/Melrose Park. It is one of over 160 interviews conducted 1997-1999 to form Recording Ryde's Oral History Collection
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Laura moved to Batten Avenue, Melrose Park after her marriage in 1940. In this interview she recounts how she and her husband Arthur purchased a house and land package, established their home and became part of the neighbourhood and local community
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IntervieweeLaura BrackenburyInterviewerLesley Goldberg
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SubjectsRecording Ryde's Oral History CollectionLaura Patricia Brackenbury, b.1917--InterviewsLaura Patricia Brackenbury, 1917-Batten Avenue (Melrose Park, NSW)Melrose Park (NSW)--HistoryMelrose Park (NSW)--Social life and customs--AnecdotesHousing development--New South Wales--Ryde RegionCollectionA-B
Oral history of Laura Brackenbury. Ryde History Hub, accessed 05/12/2025, https://historyhub.ryde.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/6377




