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Interview with Mrs. Bates
Title : Interview with Mrs. Bates Interview with Mrs. Bates
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Creator : Bates, Mrs., b. 1890
Source : Bates, Mrs., OH 31/16
Date of creation : 1979
Format : Oral History
Contributor : State Library of South Australia
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Mrs. Bates lived and worked on a fruit block at Berri. When her husband enlisted to serve in World War I, she managed the fruit block and raised their four young children in his absence. In the selection presented here Mrs. Bates discusses the difficult work on the fruit block.


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Period : 1914-1918
Place : Berri
Region : Riverland and Murraylands

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