Joy McMaster, former teacher of Hairdressing at TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute, looks back on her early career and her part in setting up the Hairdressing course at the Harris Street campus.
Part one: Joy talks about her school days and the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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Part two: The fish markets and the Great Depression.
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Part three: Setting up Hairdressing at TAFE.
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Part four: Examiner and student hours.
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Roy Carmichael, Manufacturing and Engineering Graduate, who studied at TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute in 1935, reflects on his childhood, his career and his memories of studying at Harris Street TAFE.
Part one: Roy talks about his childhood in Marrickville, coming from a poor family, and taking responsibility from the age of eight.
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Part two: Roy recalls his engineering training at Harris Street TAFE, now Ultimo College.
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Part three: Roy talks about becoming a businessman and the motivations behind that.
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Part four: Roy on finally shutting up shop in his 90th year.
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Millinery ambassador Jean Carroll recalls the beginnings of her career, from her very first apprenticeship and her early theatre millinery career through to teaching at Sydney Institute, and reflects on the decline of the hat industry.
Part one: Jean talks about how her millinery apprenticeship came about
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Part two: Jean discusses her early theatre millinery career
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Part three: Jean talks about teaching at TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute
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