Interview with Loris Barrington
Object numberM2026/076
TitleInterview with Loris Barrington
CreatorSydney Jewish Museum (interviewed by)
DescriptionInterview with Loris Barrington conducted by the Sydney Jewish Museum for the Serving Australia military exhibition.
This interview was completed on 3 October 2010 and has a running time of 34 minutes and 42 seconds.
To access this interview, please contact collections@sjm.com.au.
Loris Barrington was born in Petersham in 1925. She was interviewed as part of an oral history project documenting the home front experience during WWII. Loris used to go and serve afternoon teas for the officers of the air force who were training the young boys to later on become air force people. She speaks about blackouts; her father was in charge of his area as a blackout warden. In her testimony she remembers the day the Japanese bombed Sydney Harbour.
Loris passed away in 2024.
This interview was completed on 3 October 2010 and has a running time of 34 minutes and 42 seconds.
To access this interview, please contact collections@sjm.com.au.
Loris Barrington was born in Petersham in 1925. She was interviewed as part of an oral history project documenting the home front experience during WWII. Loris used to go and serve afternoon teas for the officers of the air force who were training the young boys to later on become air force people. She speaks about blackouts; her father was in charge of his area as a blackout warden. In her testimony she remembers the day the Japanese bombed Sydney Harbour.
Loris passed away in 2024.
Production placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Production date 2010-10-03 - 2010-10-03
Production period21st Century
Subjecthome front, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Great Depression, family life, education, wartime family interactions, armed forces, Allied armed forces, Australian Jewish history, wardens, black market goods, Judaism, conversion, kashrut, Temple Emanuel, hairdressing, wartime correspondence, wartime occupations
Object nametestimonies
Materialdigital
Dimensions
- duration: 34.52 min
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum collection, interview with Loris Barrington.
Transferred from SJM Library.
DocumentationLoris Barrington: Oral History Interview