Margaret Pill (Nee Western) was born in 1927 and grew up on a farm in the Marion. The farm was mostly used for vineyards and stone fruit orchards. She has written a short book about her childhood called "Yesterday's Child". Margaret describes where the boundaries of the farm used to be. The Marion property was called "The Muscatel Vineyards". Margaret provides information about the richness of the farming land in the Marion, water, wells, water divining, activity in the packing sheds, draught horses, almond blossoms, home remedies, harvesting grapes, pruning vines, harvesting almonds, the Sturt Creek, floods and water pumps. She reads her evocative descriptions of life on the vineyard in summer and in winter. This is the transcript of an oral history that was spoken by Margaret Pill on 28 August 1993 and transcribed by Gloria Mutton. Pill, Margaret

Margaret Pill (Nee Western) was born in 1927 and grew up on a farm in the Marion. The farm was mostly used for vineyards and stone fruit orchards. She has written a short book about her childhood called "Yesterday's Child". This transcript is of a brief session in which Margaret answers questions about her origins, names of her family members, schooling, church activities, transport in the area, her book and records she owns of life in Marion. The transcript appears not to have been proof-read by Margaret as there are several errors in the spellings of names. See also the catalogue record “Margaret Pill's story of Marion when she was a girl”. This is a verbatim transcript of a question and answer session with Margaret Pill conducted by Gloria Mutton on 18 August 1994. The transcript was typed by Gloria Mutton. Pill, Margaret

At the time of the interview Mr Jim Hopkins was living in Macarthur Avenue, Warradale, just across the road from where he and his father farmed. Their homestead was on what, in 1993, was called Hopkins Crescent, North Brighton, but when they moved there in 1930 the address was 86 Somers St, Brighton. The homestead had previously been owned by Mr Hopkins’ grandfather and his father was born there. He speaks about the work he did in the vineyards, orchards and vegetable gardens that covered most of the land between Diagonal Road and Brighton Road in the 1930s to 1950s. He provides extensive information about the wells that were in the area, bores, windmills, the impact of the 1954 earthquake on the underground water, water divining, drainage developments, brickmaking, native pines, boxthorn hedges, Sid Hamilton’s aeroplane. He describes many of the properties (and names their owners) in Warradale and on the other side of Morphett Road in Oaklands Park. This is a verbatim transcript of an interview conducted by Gloria Mutton. The transcript was typed by Gloria Mutton. Hopkins, Jim

Colin Wilfred “Bill” Hersey was born in 1941, the third of five sons for Robert Frederick “Bob” Hersey and Ida Hersey (nee Hausler). He was a grandson of William Albert Hersey, who moved to a property on Finniss Street, Marion in 1915. William Albert Hersey was a market gardener in Marion as were several of his children (including the well-known Alf Hersey) and his grandsons, including Bill. When eight hours of interviews were conducted with Bill by an MHRC volunteer late in 2016, he was the last surviving former market gardener of Marion’s Hersey family. Bill’s wife Bev (nee Sodeman) participated in the interviews and contributed her own stories of growing up in the area. A 122-page compilation of edited interviews and additional family and local history research has been produced. Authorised transcripts may be made available to researchers on request, under the supervision of the MHRC. Accession A17/14. Hersey, Colin Wilfred

This illustrated publication provides an insight into the impact of European colonisation practices on the Ngarrindjeri people. It includes photographs and copies of letters from State Records of SA and the SA Museum and personal testimonies from Ngarrindjeri people who were taken from their parents or saw siblings or other children in their community taken from their parents by Welfare Officers or police. Accession A18/5. Trevorrow, Trevor

Lewes “Lew” Vincent Woolven was a market gardener of the property on the north-west corner of Marion Road and Norfolk Road, initially helping his parents – William and Catherine Woolven – and then continuing to manage the property after they retired, with the help of his wife Hazel; sons John, Malcolm and Barry; and some local residents. He sold the property in 1976 after both of his parents had died. After Lew died in November 2012, Malcolm sorted through many of Lew’s photos and donated copies of those and four voice recordings to the Marion Historic Village Museum and the Marion Heritage Research Centre. Two of the four recordings are of conversations between Lew and his long-time friend and neighbour Graham Hussey. They talk about their recollections of people, places and events of earlier years when they lived in Marion – particularly the 1940s to the 1960s. The other two recordings are of conversations that Lew had with his father, probably in the year before Bill died. They cover Bill’s childhood in England, his early years in Australia (arriving some time between 1911 and 1915), and a bit about his daily life in his old age. Heather Latz has prepared logs of the four recordings and added background research notes. The logs and research notes are in LSVF Marion Biography 084. The four recordings, totalling 340 MB, are in MHRC\ORAL HISTORY\Woolven …\tapes from Malcolm Woolven. Woolven, Lewes

The interview was conducted by Bob Donley. It covers Rhonda Woodward's early life and the Hamilton family; the Sturt Primary School and Unley Technical High School; the Elsegood's store, Marion District Hall and Sturt Oval; entertainment, sport, church and Anzac Day; John Martin's store (Adelaide), Bourne's General Store; postal services and nearby shops; house in William Street, Oaklands Primary School; new blocks of shops, Westfield Marion Shopping Centre, opening of the cinema; work at Marion S.C., move from William Street. Rhonda Woodward was a member of the Hamilton family before her marriage. The Hamilton family owned extensive vineyards in the Marion area. Her grandfather's home was "Warracowie" (now demolished to make way for the Marion Domain at Oaklands Park.) Recorded on 23 June 2000 in connection with the book "Marion, 1945-2000 : a suburban city" written by R.J.R. Donley. Originally recorded on a double-sided sound cassette, later transferred to CD. Interview log is on MHRC drive. Woodward, Rhonda

Transcript of an interview of Joyce Pethick, nee Parsons. David Jarman conducted the interview in 1981, when Joyce was living at Resthaven Marion. Topics covered include: Aboriginal people, fire trees, the Oaklands homestead and property, previous owners of “Oaklands”, oranges, the Sturt River, almond trees, table grapes, flooding, the bridge on the Oaklands property, gume trees, street names, Marion Methodist church, sport, Marion post office, railway stations, World War II, 1954 earthquake, earthquake damage to houses, and almond shucking. People mentioned include: William Pethick, Crozier family, Tait family, Mr Dwyer and Dene Pethick. The recording of the interview is on the Marion Heritage Research Centre computer and on CD. The transcript is in the LSVF. Pethick, Joyce

In January 2010, Heather Latz spoke to Lewes ('Lew') Woolven about his family and their market garden in Marion. Lew was the son of William James Woolven and Catherine Ellen Woolven (nee Ormond). The Woolven family’s property was located at the corner of Norfolk and Marion Roads, Marion. They mainly grew tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and lettuces. Families living around the Woolvens included the Parsons, Edwards and Hersey families, Jim Duncan, and Harding Lynne (Len) Tilley. Lew and his wife Hazel had three sons. Lew took a number of photographs when the Sturt River was in flood, probably the flood in 1958, and copies and descriptions of the photographs are included with the description of the conversation. After Lew died in November 2012, Heather Latz prepared interview logs of the 3 recordings made in January 2010 and gave them and the recordings to family members. Lew's son, Malcolm, gave permission for the interview to be included in the MHRC collection. The recordings are stored in MHRC\Oral history\Woolven ...\HL chat with Lew Woolven Jan 2010. Woolven, Lewes