Barbara Curthoys Interview (18 March 1993)

Interview with Barbara Curthoys (1924-2000) Australian historian and academic on 18 March 1993. Curthoys was interviewed by Margaret Henry (1934-2015) about her early life, her family life with Geoff Curthoys and their association with the Australian Communist Party. The interview was recorded at Newcastle, NSW.

Curthoys was born in Grafton, New South Wales, in 1945, and grew up Sydney attending Canterbury Primary School and Fort Street Girls' High School. She speaks about joining the Communist Party of Australia after leaving school, and her years living in Broken Hill during the 1940s. She moved with her family to Newcastle in 1953 and served in the Union of Australian Women.

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