Memories of growing up in Ipswich, an oral history with Thomas Shapcott, 1995

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TitleMemories of growing up in Ipswich, an oral history with Thomas Shapcott, 1995Date Created1995IntervieweeThomas ShapcottInterviewer Robyn BuchananAcknowledgementIpswich City Council

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City & StateIpswich, Queensland

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DescriptionFull text of interview with Thomas Shapcott on growing up in Ipswich and his memories of the town. Interview conducted by Robyn Buchanan.Full recording of interview is attached. Includes: Track 1: Family background. Track 2: Wartime; Cambrian Choir, Choral Society, Argonauts, Victory Eisteddfod. Track 3: Ipswich Grammar School, music, Neville Bonner. Track 4: Eisteddfod, changes in technology such as LP records, television. Track 5: Mobility with first car, State String Quartet. Track 6: National Service. Track 7: First publication of poetry, working as an accountant & decision to stop. Track 8: Value of experience as accountant-rich resource. Track 9: Ipswich as a theme in Thomasâ€™s work; other writers. Track 10: Tom reading some of his Ipswich poems.

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