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Author	Quadesmith, Lois.
Title	[Interview with Lois Quadesmith)] [sound recording] / [interviewed by Yvonne Choules].
Published/Produced	2001.

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OH3380: Transcript. Interview with Lois Quadesmith) by Yvonne Choules.

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Call Number	OH3380
Physical description	3 sound cassettes.
Series	Albany oral history project
Transcript	Transcript (typescript, 46 leaves)
Notes	This sound recording has been preserved and made available by the Oral History Records Rescue Group (OHRRG) Project supported by Lotterywest.
	A project of the Rotary Club of Albany Port WA (Inc) and the State Library of Western Australia.
Access advisory	Access open
Rights advisory	Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, contact the State Library of Western Australia.
Summary	Lois Quadesmith is the daughter of Hedley William Wright (1897-1984) and Hope May Wright (1896-1975), better known as Brother and Sister Wright. She discusses the work of her parents with the Aboriginal people of Gnowangerup and surrounding districts from the 1920s to the late 1940s. She briefly discusses her mother's time at the Carrolup settlement near Katanning in the early 1920s. After her parents marriage in 1926 they undertook support work with the Noongar people at the Gnowangerup Government Reserve. In the mid 1930s they purchased land east of Gnowangerup and established a mission in association with the United Aborigines Mission where they continued until 1948. Lois explains her parent's desire to see the Noongars develop pride in themselves when they were given few rights in the community. She depicts their philosophy of giving practical help while teaching Christian principles and the skills needed to improve their living standards. After leaving the mission her parents continued to live in Gnowangerup and assisted the Noongar people for the rest of their lives. She discusses the overall outcome and the positives and negatives of their work. The transcript includes a table of contents.
Subjects	Quadesmith, Lois -- Interviews.
	Wright, Hedley William.
	Wright, Hope May.
	Gnowangerup Mission -- Biography.
	Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Gnowangerup -- Missions.
	Gnowangerup Region (W.A.) -- History.
Related names	Choules, Yvonne.