Mara, Mara (1941-)

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'Mara' was born in Daugavpils, Latvia. Her parents lost contact with one another during the Second World War and her mother brought the family to South Australia in 1949. Mara and her sister were placed at the Goodwood Orphanage and their brother at the Brooklyn Park Orphanage for three and a half years while their mother worked as a nurse's aid and establshed a new home. Mara learnt to speak English at the orphanage. She found many of the routines and regulations incomprehensible at first and her perspective as an 'outsider' provides different insights into the institution.

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  1. State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana: Interview with 'Mara' [sound recording] /Interviewer: Rosemary Willis (1994)
    One of a series of 17 interviews commissioned by the Libraries Board of South Australia concerning the experiences of children, nuns and priests living and working at the St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage, Goodwood from 1922 until the institution's closure in December 1975. The project was supervised by the Oral History Officer, J. D. Somerville Oral History Collection, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. The interview with 'Mara' lasts for one hour. Full transcript with appendix and photographs available (34 pages)
    OH 201/14
  2. State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana: Goodwood Orphanage Oral History : [sound recording] Interviewers: Rosemary Willis & Beth M. Robertson (1993 - 1994)
    A series of 17 interviews commissioned by the Libraries Board of South Australia concerning the experiences of children, nuns and priests living and working at the St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage, Goodwood from 1922 until the institution's closure in December 1975. The project was supervised by the Oral History Officer, J. D. Somerville Oral History Collection, Mortlock Library of South Australiana.
    OH 201

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