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Neil and Gloria de Nett Interview

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Bundeena

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Bush Fire Disaster, 1994

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Neil and Gloria de Nett Oral History

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Collection SummaryNeil and Gloria de Nett recall their long association with Bundeena, from Gloria's childhood in the 50s and 60s through to building and running a service station and later a caravan park.BiographyNeil de Nett was Born on 24 November 1935 in Bondi. As a child Neil holidayed in Bundeena. Neil moved to Bundeena to live in the late 1950s and built the first Service Station. Gloria Clapham was born in Clifton Queensland in June 1941 and her family moved to Bundeena in about 1953. Gloria and Neil met at a local dance and they married on 13 July 1963. Immediately following their marriage they lived in Engadine before moving to live in Bundeena again in 1972.SynopsisTopics covered in this interview include: Gloria's youth in Bundeena; home, lifestyle and services in Bundeena; ferries; Neil's introduction to Bundeena; marriage; building and running the service station; dealings with Council; population and structural changes; the caravan park; bushfires; pioneer Berenice Forster; Joan Holland, floods and the Bundeena Progress Association; feral deer.

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Neil and Gloria de Nett Interview

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Oral History AudioNeil and Gloria de Nett InterviewDate of interview28th August 2011IntervieweeNeil de NettGloria de NettDate of birthNeil: 24 November 2019, Gloria: June 1941InterviewerElizabeth CraigSupporting materialNeil and Gloria de Nett Interview Log Sheet

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PlaceBundeenaEventsBush Fire Disaster, 1994Subjectsde Nett, Neilde Nett, GloriaCollectionTelling it as it wasBundeena ferry