Central Coast Voices contains a collection of recorded interviews with long-time residents of the NSW Central Coast. Stories of hardship and hope, bad times and good, war and peace are told by those who lived them. Central Coast Library Service invites you to listen to and transcribe the voices of the region we love. Help us to make these collections more accessible.

Central Coast Voices

Ray Parsons - Red Bus driver Tape 1 of 2

Ray Parsons started with The Entrance Red Bus...

28m 46s

16 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Vern Clifton: working the bullocks

Vern Clifton came from a family of 9 children....

11m 12s

13 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Andrew Paterson: teacher at Wyong and The Entrance NSW

Andrew Paterson talks about his teaching...

Tom Sales (interviewed by Val Francis) circa 1985 Part 2 of 4

Tom Sales was born in the Wyong area around...

Robert Anthony Harris of Booker Bay, New Zealand Army artilleryman Part 2 of 2

Robert Anthony Harris was born in New Zealand...

Bill Johnson, RAN stoker Part 1

Bill Johnson joined the Royal Australian Navy...

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 2 of 6

Les Morrison was born in Gosford and grew up...

Schools in the Gosford area

Collected interviews with students and...

14m 26s

9 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Robert Anthony Harris of Booker Bay, New Zealand Army artilleryman Part 1 of 2

Robert Anthony Harris was born in New Zealand...

Ray Parsons - Red Bus driver Tape 2 of 2

Ray Parsons started with The Entrance Red Bus...

Geoffrey Tom Maidment, British Merchant Seaman WW2 Interviewed at Saratoga, NSW 1995 Part 2

Geoffrey Maidment was born in 1926 in...

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 4 of 6

Les Morrison was born in Gosford and grew up...

Geoff Morris on growing up around Ourimbah NSW

Geoff Morris grew up in the Central Coast...

8m 34s

10 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Gwen Smith: Memories of The Entrance and Long Jetty

Gwen Smith was a constant holiday visitor to...

32m 32s

10 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Malcolm Brooks: Memories of Gosford

In this 1997 interview late Gosford Councillor...

Geoffrey Tom Maidment, British Merchant Seaman WW2 Interviewed at Saratoga, NSW 1995 Part 3

Geoffrey Maidment was born in 1926 in...

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 1 of 6

Les Morrison was born in Gosford and grew up...

45m 5s

9 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 2 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

Fred Wheeler: The Great Depression, WW2 in the Gosford district

Fred M. Wheeler was born in Gosford in 1905....

Tom Sales (interviewed by Val Francis) circa 1985 Part 1 of 4

Tom Sales was born in the Wyong area around...

Amos and Andrew Douglass of Mangrove Creek

Amos and Andrew Douglass describe their life...

Frank Pemberton: a life in the Timber industry

Frank Pemberton worked in the timber industry...

Isabel Ward: Memories of Ettalong NSW and the Women's Land Army at Griffith NSW

Isabel Ward is interviewed by Jill Baxter....

Mr Hylton Moore of East Gosford

Mr Hylton Moore speaks with interviewer Andrew...

27m 9s

8 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 3 of 6

Les Morrison was born in Gosford and grew up...

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 4 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

Geoffrey Tom Maidment, British Merchant Seaman WW2 Interviewed at Saratoga, NSW 1995 Part 1

Geoffrey Maidment was born in 1926 in...

Bill Johnson, RAN stoker Part 3

Bill Johnson joined the Royal Australian Navy...

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 5 of 6

Les Morrison was born in Gosford and grew up...

Roberta Morrison: life on the home front WW2 Part 1 of 2

Roberta Paterson married airman Leslie...

Tom Sales (interviewed by Val Francis) circa 1985 Part 3 of 4

Tom Sales was born in the Wyong area around...

Phyllis Bennett: a quarter-century of teaching at Gosford High School

Phyllis (perhaps better known as Phyl) Bennett...

13m 26s

12 contributors

Central Coast Voices

The Citrus Industry in the Gosford Region

This interview includes Ivy Smith, Orchardist;...

12m 13s

12 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Bill Johnson, RAN stoker Part 2

Bill Johnson joined the Royal Australian Navy...

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 3 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 1 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

Thelma Harris talks about Pearl Beach

Mrs Thelma Harris was interviewed by Jill...

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 6 of 6

Les Morrison was born in Gosford and grew up...

Tom Sales (interviewed by Val Francis) circa 1985 Part 4 of 4

Tom Sales was born in the Wyong area around...

Roberta Morrison: life on the home front WW2 Part 2 of 2

Roberta Paterson married airman Leslie...

6m 36s

8 contributors

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