| Title | Talk by Amelia Batistich |
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| Date created | 16 September 1991 |
| Description Summary | Amelia details writing 'Dalmatian stories'. She describes her connection to Swanson and Dargaville, her schooling, a love of reading, learning the Dalmatian language and living within a Dalmatian community. She recalls becoming a writer in the late 1930s. Amelia describes moving from Dargaville to Greenlane in Auckland during the Depression. She recalls attending W.E.A. writing classes and her first story accepted by the Listener. She details various jobs - mentions copy writing for Berlie, being the typist at the Training College Library, and writing primary school journals. She describes growing up in an ethnically mixed Dargaville and writing the Dargaville stories; writing the stories of the Indian community; writing for radio - mentions Open Country. Amelia recalls writing The Olives and the Vines for James K Baxter. |
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| Other Notes | Part of the Listener Women's Book Festival. Born in Dargaville, 1915, Amelia Batistich is a renowned New Zealand children's author. This is a recording of her presentation at the Listener Women's Book Festival held in Henderson Library, September 16, 1991. The recording is poor quality with the speaker not always being within range of the microphone. See notes in the transcript. |
| Keywords | Marinovich family; Soljan family; Yugoslav Club; W.E.A. (Workers' Education Association); Fagan, Mr; O'Carrol, James; Morose, Miss; Ramesh, Mr; Ghandi School; Buckley, Ellen; Henderson, Jim; Baxter, James K; Halley's comet Scenic Drive; Henderson; Dargaville; Waitakere; Cornwallis; New Zealand; Yugoslavia; Publishers and publishing; Authors; |
| Language | English |
| Copyright Holder | Auckland Libraries |
| Access Rights | Contact Waitakere Central Library, Henderson to listen to recording or view abstract. |
| Available copies | Local History, Waitakere Central Library |
| Original medium | Audio; analogue, cassette |
| Duration | 2 x C60 |
| Supporting materials | Transcript |
| Oral History ID | WOH-1030 |
