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

The Citrus Industry in the Gosford Region

This interview includes Ivy Smith, Orchardist;...

12m 13s

12 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Mr Hylton Moore of East Gosford

Mr Hylton Moore speaks with interviewer Andrew...

27m 9s

8 contributors

Central Coast Voices

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...

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 4 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

Bill Johnson, RAN stoker Part 2

Bill Johnson joined the Royal Australian Navy...

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 1 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

Malcolm Brooks: Memories of Gosford

In this 1997 interview late Gosford Councillor...

Frank Pemberton: a life in the Timber industry

Frank Pemberton worked in the timber industry...

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

Robert Anthony Harris was born in New Zealand...

Geoff Morris on growing up around Ourimbah NSW

Geoff Morris grew up in the Central Coast...

8m 34s

10 contributors

Central Coast Voices

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

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

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

Geoffrey Maidment was born in 1926 in...

Vern Clifton: working the bullocks

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

11m 12s

13 contributors

Central Coast Voices

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

Roberta Paterson married airman Leslie...

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 3 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

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

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

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

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

Bill Johnson, RAN stoker Part 3

Bill Johnson joined the Royal Australian Navy...

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

Isabel Ward is interviewed by Jill Baxter....

Andrew Paterson: teacher at Wyong and The Entrance NSW

Andrew Paterson talks about his teaching...

Ray Parsons - Red Bus driver Tape 1 of 2

Ray Parsons started with The Entrance Red Bus...

28m 46s

16 contributors

Central Coast Voices

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

Geoffrey Maidment was born in 1926 in...

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

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

Roberta Paterson married airman Leslie...

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 5 of 6

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

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 3 of 6

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

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 4 of 6

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Anthony Harris was born in New Zealand...

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

Les Morrison: WW2 Lancaster airman Part 2 of 6

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

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

Geoffrey Maidment was born in 1926 in...

Ray Parsons - Red Bus driver Tape 2 of 2

Ray Parsons started with The Entrance Red Bus...

Schools in the Gosford area

Collected interviews with students and...

14m 26s

9 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Bill Johnson, RAN stoker Part 1

Bill Johnson joined the Royal Australian Navy...

Gwen Smith: Memories of The Entrance and Long Jetty

Gwen Smith was a constant holiday visitor to...

32m 32s

10 contributors

Central Coast Voices

Eric Owen Dennett DFC of Narara NSW Part 2 of 4

Eric Owen Dennett was born in Parramatta in...

45m 38s

3 contributors

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