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Barbara Holborow Out Takes

Barbara Holborow served for 12 years as a magistrate in the children's court, where her compassion and outspokenness were legendary.
Series : Australian Biography Series 8 | Year : 2001 | Total Duration : 26 Minutes | Producer : Robin Hughes
Director : Robin Hughes |
Tape 200 - Interview with Barbara Holborow about her childhood, her parents, her piano playing, her schooldays, having diabetes, her teenage social life, about her childhood moulding her for adult life and meeting her husband.
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Access No. 131296 | 35 mins 10 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 201 - Interview with Barbara Holborow about her early work as a secretary in a solicitor's office, her marriage and the strain of pregnancy on her health, her divorce, studying at night and sharing the raising of her daughter with her parents.
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Access No. 131297 | 34 mins | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 202 - Barbara Holborow interview about why she was attracted to law, the Solicitors' Admission Board exams, about her being a bookie's runner to earn extra money, and setting up her first practice.
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Access No. 131298 | 33 mins 20 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 203 - Interview with Barbara a Holborow about her frustrations with the bureaucracy of the legal system in relation to child care, about child abuse, her son Jacob and the effects of his upbringing on his life.
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Access No. 131299 | 33 mins 20 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 204 - Barbara Holborow interview about the children she cared for and her daughter, Mary. She also describes her life as a magistrate in the children's court and her hope to bring about change.
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Access No. 131300 | 35 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 205 - Barbara Holborow interview on becoming a magistrate, making changes and communication with the parents and children in the court. She also describes the establishment of care courts as opposed to criminal courts, her concern for the children of the Vietnamese and Muslim communities in her jurisdiction
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Access No. 131301 | 36 mins | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 206 - Interview about ethnically based problems for children and the insidious nature of drugs, particularly marijuana. Barbara describes the filming of the court by 60 Minutes and the message that she was trying to get to the public and politicians what that there were no facilities to support a child in the children's court. She expresses her frustration at not being able to help the children and their families and tells of her resignation. She then became patron for Hope for the Children foundation. She criticises detention centres.
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Access No. 131302 | 35 mins 47 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 207 - Barbara Holborow interview about the options she would have liked to be able to employ in handing down orders as a magistrate in a children's court. She describes the unresourced Department of Community Services. She tells of speaking up about the children;s jurisdiction and her passion for the care of children. Barbara describes what the Hope for the Children foundation is about.
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Access No. 131303 | 34 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 210 - Barbara Holborow talks about the plight of women in violent relationships and their lack of options. She also talks about divorce and its effect on children, equality in the workplace, and her interest in Aboriginal affairs. She also discusses the issue of making judgements in her work as a magistrate and making mistakes. Barbara also describes some of the worst cases of child abuse she have to deal with in the children's court.
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Access No. 131306 | 33 mins 15 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 211 - Barbara Holborow talks about her love of sport, what she feels for Australia and about being an Australian, the importance of religion in her early life and what her beliefs are in later years. Barbara talks about child sexual abuse and pedophile rings. Barbara gives her opinions on mandatory sentencing. Barbara says her life will always be about championing children's causes and making their lives better.
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Access No. 131307 | 35 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tape 212 - Barbara Holborow chatting to young children and their mother in park playground. VS of children climbing over playground equipment. Children patting Barbara's dog. CU's of Barbara's smiling face. Various stills from Barbara's personal collection.
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Access No. 131308 | 16 mins 29 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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