Oral Histories

Updated: 10 February 2025

2011 Memories of Dardanup Project – Interviews with Dardanup Residents

The oral histories listed in the table below were recorded in August 2011. To enquire about accessing these interviews, send an email through the Contact Us page.

Name of person interviewed	Audio Details	Mainly about this locality	Interviewed by
Butcher, Sheila (nee Hough)	29 mins 38 secs	Eaton, Waterloo and Ferguson	Julie Hazelden
Clarke, Dan	25 mins 06 secs	Waterloo, Dardanup	Barbara Della Sale
Della Sale, Laurie	21 min 38 secs	Crooked Brook	Jill Cross
Depiazzi, Owen	12 mins 55 secs	Dardanup	Bill Bunbury
Gardiner, Des	27 mins 05 secs	Dardanup, Crooked Brook	Leona Della Sale
Gardiner, John	24 mins 03 secs	Ferguson	Derek Mosely
Giumelli, Margaret	26 mins 41 secs	Dardanup	Lou Standish
Hall, Enid (nee Fowler)	Part 1 of 2 – 8 mins 39 secs Part 2 of 2 – 27 mins 27 secs	Ferguson, Welllington Mills	Richard Davies
Holland, George	33 min 37 secs	Dardanup	Anastasia Bradley
Italiano, Jack	36 min 46 secs	Dardanup	Anastasia Bradley
Kessell, Brian	26 min 07 secs	Dardanup	Jill Cross
Wells, Gwen (nee Harris)	18 min 42 secs	Dardanup	Bill Bunbury

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Oral Histories – State Library of Western Australia

These oral histories are available at the State Library of Western Australia. Some have been digitised and links to those audio recordings and transcripts are included here.

Open the recordings by clicking the related links below. Once the audio recording page opens, press the PLAY button and adjust your sound if needed. Note that some recordings have a small lag time at the beginning.

Name	Life Dates	Locality	Audio	Recorded By	Year Recorded	Download Documents
Calligaro, Alceo	1910-2003	Waterloo Brickworks	Not yet available online – for use in the State Library of Western Australia only	Christina Gillgren	1987	Transcript:
Clark, Dan	1923 –	Waterloo	Not yet available online – for use in the State Library of Western Australia only	Les Simm	1994	Not available
Gibbs, Howard Basil	1921-2000	Ferguson	Recordings: Part 1 (31:50) – Starts at 0:50 Part 2 (28:46) – Starts at 0:20 Part 3 (31:32) Starts at 0:22 Part 4 (16:04) – Starts at 0:20 Part 5 (31:39) – Starts at 0:20 Part 6 (31:45) – Starts at 0:20	Norm Flynn	c. 1995	1. Synopsis 2. Transcript 3. Family Tree
Harnett, Harry	1910 – ?	Burekup	Not yet available online – for use in the State Library of Western Australia only	B Stanley	1991	Not available online
Hough, Marguerita (Max)	1902 – ?	Eaton	Not yet available online – for use in the State Library of Western Australia only	Les Simm	1992	Not available online
Hutchinson, Isabel	1902 – 1987	Burekup	Audio Recordings: Part 1 (31:42) Part 2 (31:23) Part 3 (31:36)	Diana Terry	1986	Transcript
Hutchinson, John		Burekup	Not yet available online – for use in the State Library of Western Australia only	Les Simm	1992	Not available online
Martin, Frances	1918 – 2001	Waterloo	Part 1 (29:13) Part 2 (31:32) Part 3 (31:48) Part 4 (4:44)	Phyllis Barnes	1996	Transcript
Mountford, Doris		Wellington Mills, Ferguson	Not yet available online – for use in the State Library of Western Australia only	Win McGill and Bernie Stanley	1991	Not available online
Palmer, Ruth	1905 – 2001	Waterloo	Part 1 (32:07)	Norm Flynn	1999	Not available online
Pannell, Nita Veronica	1904 – 1994	Wellington Mills	Part 1 (32:15) – Starts at 0:20 Part 2 (32:15) – Starts at 0:18 Part 3 (23:43) – Starts at 0:18	Chris Jeffery	1976	1. Full Transcript 2. Ed. Transcript
Poad, Wilhelmina	1890-1994	Dardanup	Recording (28:35) – Starts at 0:22	Pauline Payne	1985	1. Synopsis 2. Transcript
Prout, William (Bill)	1909 – 1991	Dardanup	Audio Recordings: Part 1 (30:43) – Starts at 1:25 Part 2 (31:44) – Starts at 1:40 Part 3 (30:28) – Starts at 0:20	Judy Clark	1986	Transcript
Rose, Dick	1918 – ?	Burekup	Not yet available online – for use in the State Library of Western Australia only	Les Simm	1994
Wight, Robert (Bob)	1916 – 2004	Wellington Mills	Audio Recordings: Part 1 (32:01) – Starts at 0:25 Part 2 (24:11) – Starts at 0:51	Valerie Spence	1985	1. Synopsis 2. Transcript