Our Place: Woolloomooloo Interviews

Our Place - Woolloomooloo - Nell Leonard b. 1920

Nell was born in 1920 and lived in Woolloomooloo all her life. She loved the…

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Our Place - Woolloomooloo - Billy Pascoe b. 1911

According to Billy, The first thing you learnt in Woolloomooloo was to fight and to…

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Our Place - Woolloomooloo - Warren (Whacker) Richardson b. 1944

Whacker is the second youngest, of a family of nine children, and the family lived…

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Our Place - Woolloomooloo - Jean Jurd b. 1925

Jean was born in 1925, growing up she with her mother and sister drifted from…

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Our Place - Woolloomooloo - Andrew Lazarus b. 1953

Andrew’s parents were Cypriots who attended the Greek Orthodox churches of St Sophia in Dowling…

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Our Place - Woolloomooloo - Sam Donato b. 1939

Sam was born in 1939, his father was Australian-born Italian and the family lived in…

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Our Place - Woolloomooloo - Judy Chambers b. 1935

The family lived in Cathedral Street, where there were seven hotels. Before that the family…

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Our Place - Woolloomooloo - Cheryl Lindo b. 1949

Cheryl was born in 1949, her parents owned the sandwich shop opposite the Frisco Hotel…

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