In Part 1 Barbara Street (nee Thomson) talks about growing up and living in Wollongong and shares great insights into the life of women in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Her first job was at AMCO clothing factory and by the age of seventeen she had saved enough money to buy a block of land. Barbara married John Street in 1962. You can listen to John’s interview here.

In Part 2 Barbara talks about how from 1965, she has volunteered in many organisations and community groups. She shares her experience running with the Olympic Torch and about receiving her Order of Australia Medal.

Listen to Barbara’s Interview

Part 1

Barbara’s audio interview Part 1 can be downloaded here.

Barbara’s interview Part 1 transcript.

Part 2

Barbara’s audio interview Part 2 can be downloaded here.

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Keywords

John Street – Wollongong – Wollongong Public School – Denison Street – Mount St Thomas – Mount Saint Thomas – Queen’s Visit – Queen’s Visit To Wollongong – Fort Drummond – WIN TV – AMCO – AMCO Clothing Company – Oak Flats – Illawarra Tutoring Company – Nock and Kirby – Red Cross; Cub Scouts; Albion Park; Oak Flats; Oak Flats Presbyterian Church; Church Ladies Group; Bombaderry Children’s Home; Oak Flats Primary School; Fundraising; Community work; Volunteer Work; House with No Steps; 2000 Olympic Torch; Olympics; Albion Park Show; Wollongong Conservatorium of Music; IPAC; Wrapped with Love; Australia Day Committee; Tongarra Heritage Society; Shellharbour U3A; Order of Australia Medal.

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Barbara’s Photo Album

Barbara Street

Barbara with the Olympic Torch

Barbara’s Olympic Torch Shirt

John and Barbara Street with their sons Martin and Stuart – circa. 2010

John and Barbara Street on a cruise to Alaska – 2000

Christmas Day 1962 – Left to right: Peter, Gladys, Barbara, Lina, John, Lorna, Barry, James

John and Barbara Street with John’s parents, James and Gladys

John and Barbara Street’s Wedding – St. Mark’s Anglican Church, West Wollongong – 29 September 1962

John and Barbara Street’s Wedding – St. Mark’s Anglican Church, West Wollongong – 29 September 1962

P08377 – Construction of Fort Drummond at Mount St Thomas during World War II – 1942

John and Barbara at the Nock and Kirby Ball – 1960/1961

John having fun at Luna Park with future wife Barbara Thomson – 1958/1959

John and Barbara cutting their engagement cake – February 1961

P04520 – Fort Drummond defences at Mount Drummond built during World War II. WIN TV studios at left – 1962

P13821 – From LR919.446/WOL, Wollongong centre of beautiful Illawarra; Caption under photograph: Girls’ School, Smith Street, Wollongong

Barbara and John Street

Barbara and John Street signing the register with Reverend Roy Gray – St. Mark’s Anglican Church – 29 September 1962

Barbara at 16 Dennison Street, Wollongong.

Barbara driving at an early age.

Barbara with her brother Jim – circa.1944

Barbara and her brother Jim – circa.1945

Christmas with Barbara’s mother’s family, the Inches – circa.1945

Barbara at a concert with her dancing school – Savoy Theatre – circa.1946

Barbara (front row, behind sign, wearing bow tie) in Kindergarten – 1947

Barbara outside Wesley Methodist Church with her mother Johanna – circa.1949

Barbara (front row, right of sign). Barbara’s brother Jim is two rows directly above her.

Barbara’s father Harry Thomson was a keen gardener.

Barbara, her younger brother Bill, and their mother Johanna near Wollongong Showground – circa.1955

44 Waldron Street, Mount St. Thomas – the Thomson family home in the mid 1950s

Barbara – circa.1956-57

Barbara and John Street at Luna Park – 1958

Barbara and her friend Anne Waldock – January 1959

Barbara at Colleen Stanley’s 21st birthday party in Corrimal

Barbara with her Vespa scooter – 1959

Barbara – circa.1960

Barbara’s parents Johanna and Harry Thomson – circa.1960-1961

Photo with parents and brothers on Barbara’s wedding day, 29 September 1962. Left to right: Jim, Johanna, Barbara, Harry, and Bill.

Lysaghts’ Bricklayers’ Soccer Team – Barbara’s father Harry Thomson is fourth from the back.

Left to right: James Street, Gladys Street, John, Barbara, Harry Thomson, Johanna Thomson – 29 September 1962