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Rob Jeffs Oral History - Transcript

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ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT

Title: Transcript of oral history interview of Rob J effs
Interviewer: Elisabeth Gondwe

Date of Interview: 27 April 2021

Place of Interview: Residence of Rob J effs

Length of Interview: 1 hour and 45 minute[...]abeth Gondwe and I
am here at Cooroy interviewing Rob J effs. Good afternoon Rob.

Rob J effs: Good afternoon.
Interviewer: Would you like to introduce yourself and where we are?

Rob J effs: I am Rob J effs and I’m the youngest son of Archie and Kathleen Jeffs and I
live on about thirty-eight acres on 1 Ameth[...]here. And my wife and I were working the RACQ and Rob
J effs’ Auto Services until we retired in 20011[...]Creek at Eerwah Vale in those days.

1 Edited by Rob Jeffs 7 original was - 2000

3 Edited by Rob Jeffs - original was - where

3 Additional information by Rob Jeffs

4 Edited by Rob Jeffs 7 original was 7 two children

5 Edited by Rob Jeffs 7 original was 7 ended up in Mapleton in 1909 and they ended up with thirteen
" Edited by Rob Jeffs 7 original was 1909

7 Edited by Rob Jeffs 7 original was - 1912

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[...]r believed that he did, but it’s written in the history book
of Mapleton, 1925-6 Archie J effs, schooltea[...]a primary producer, but when the war

8 Edited by Rob Jeffs 7 original was 1911
9 Additional information by Rob Jeffs - Also played the organ at the Presbyteria[...]
[...]ew doctor had a look at Lyn he said to Dad, “Mr
JeffsRob Jeffs 7 original was Dad supplied.
‘1 Dr Albert Howard Toyne
‘3 Edited by Rob Jeffs 7 original was the Matron Zemer then at th[...]
Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

But he also ended up, that doctor when he left[...]that was his surgery for his

‘3 Edited word by Rob Jeffs

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[...]and moved into there and then

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Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

after about four or five years they sold on to[...]at Tewantin.

1" Additional information added by Rob Jeffs
‘7 Additional information added by Rob Jeffs

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Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

By the time I got to the bottom o[...]was yesterday. And Frank
Johns said to me, “So Rob, you’re the young fella who wants to be[...]
Rob Jeffs:

As in Johns Landing. Well, Edger Johns he owned[...]spondence I sort of thought,

‘8 Added words by Rob Jeffs - Cavalry charge
‘9 Added word by Rob Jeffs - Fumes
30 Additional information by Rob Jeffs 7 and one on Tech drawing

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[...]d
to Dad from Mrs Fenwick to say, “Thank you Mr Jeffs, very so much for
whatever you did for us[...]
Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

the people really needed their car. If there ev[...]n, so I went over, and I saw Jack and he said, “Rob, you’re
just the bloke we’re looking for.”[...]he couldn’t do anything
anyway.

3‘ Edited by Rob Jeffs - original was two thousand pounds

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Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

And if there was a fire at Pomona the Co[...]
Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

And you’ve got a young wife, a young lady who[...]river and he would always pipe up and say, “Mrs Jeffs never
crashes the gears there.” And I said, “That’s right, Mrs Jeffs doesn’t.” So, we
did that until 1979....

Whe[...]ded he was going to retire. And he said to me, “Rob, I’m
going to retire” and I said to Fr[...]
[...]om Frank Johns Page’s Motors and turned
it into Rob Jeffs’ Autos, from that day until I retired twenty ye[...]to the Black Mountain School, she said to me, “RobRob Jeffs
33 2001, edited by Rob Jeffs 7 original was 2000

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Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

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they said, “Rob
Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

o’clock in the morning you’d have so[...]
[...]went in, in the August and we

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Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

were up there the next weekend after tha[...]
Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

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Interviewer:

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Interviewer:

Is that why the bubbler stopped b[...]or fishing on the ocean
beach.

35 Added words by Rob Jeffs 7 6 feet long
3" Added words by Rob Jeffs 7 ex-army

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Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Oh yeah, you’d always go tailor fishing. You[...]not long
before he retired and that, he said, “Rob, I’ve just bought another really, really
good I[...]of
the bike riding committee.

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Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

But they were also very keen fishermen a[...]
Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

axle still going. So every gully we came[...]
Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

Interviewer:

Rob Jeffs:

And when we got up to Bamaga, I went around to[...]ing?” I said to the Sister, and she said, “No Rob, they're
not fighting,” she said, “Th[...]

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ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT

Title: Transcript of oral history interview of Rob Jeffs
Interviewer: Elisabeth Gond[...]1
Place of Interview: Residence of Rob Jeffs
Length of Interview: 1 hour and 45[...]I
am here at Cooroy interviewing Rob Jeffs. Good afternoon Rob.

Rob Jeffs: Good afternoon.

Interviewer: Would you like to introduce yourself and where we are?

Rob Jeffs: I am Rob Jeffs and I’m the youngest son of Archie and Kathleen Jeffs and I
live on about thirty-eight[...]here. And my wife and I were working the RACQ and Rob
Jeffs’ Auto Services until we retired in 20011. Sadly[...]ek at Eerwah Vale in those days.



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Edited by Rob Jeffs – original was - 2000
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Edited by Rob Jeffs - original was - where
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Additional information by Rob Jeffs
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Edited by Rob Jeffs – original was – two children
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Edited by Rob Jeffs – original was – ended up in Mapleton in 1909 and they ended up with thirteen
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Edited by Rob Jeffs – original was 1909
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Edited by Rob Jeffs – original was - 1912[...]
[...]r believed that he did, but it’s written in the history book
of Mapleton, 1925-6 Archie Jeffs, schoolteacher at the Mapleton State School[...]primary producer, but when the war

8
Edited by Rob Jeffs – original was 1911
9
Additional information by Rob Jeffs - Also played the organ at the Presbyteria[...]
[...]ook at Lyn he said to Dad, “Mr
JeffsRob Jeffs – original was Dad supplied..
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Dr Albert Howard Toyne
12
Edited by Rob Jeffs – original was the Matron Zerner then at[...]
[...]y named Lake
MacDonald after?

Rob Jeffs: No, he’s not. Different family all tog[...]t was his surgery for his

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Edited word by Rob Jeffs[...]
[...]moved into there and then

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Added word by Rob Jeffs
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[...]wer: And what year was that approximately?

Rob Jeffs: That year would have been 1952…. yeah[...]ntin.




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Additional information added by Rob Jeffs
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Additional information added by Rob Jeffs[...]
[...]And Frank
Johns said to me, “So Rob, you’re the young fella who wants to be a motor[...]Page Motors? Was there a Mr Page, a Page family?

Rob Jeffs: Well, there’s still a big Page family. Bec[...]terviewer: Why was he called ‘Blue shirt’?

Rob Jeffs: Because he wore a blue singlet, like[...]
Rob Jeffs: As in Johns Landing. Well, Edger Johns he[...]pondence I sort of thought,

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Added words by Rob Jeffs - Cavalry charge
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Added word by Rob Jeffs - Fumes
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Additional information by Rob Jeffs – and one on Tech drawing[...]
[...]d
to Dad from Mrs Fenwick to say, “Thank you Mr Jeffs, very so much for
whatever you did for us[...]
[...]wer: We were up to Mark was born in 1965.

Rob Jeffs: Yeah, well Mark was born in ’65. But[...]n, so I went over, and I saw Jack and he said, “RobRob Jeffs: And in the front of that you didn’t h[...]anyway.




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[...]now…

Interviewer: It was like a fire storm.

Rob Jeffs: Oh yeah like a fire storm. And the wi[...]
[...]river and he would always pipe up and say, “Mrs Jeffs never
crashes the gears there.” And I said, “That’s right, Mrs Jeffs doesn’t.” So, we
did that unti[...]viewer: 1979, did you sell the school bus run?

Rob Jeffs: Yeah, in 1979 around about this time my boss[...]ded he was going to retire. And he said to me, “Rob, I’m
going to retire” a[...]
Rob Jeffs’ Autos, from that day until I retired twenty ye[...]to the Black Mountain School, she said to me, “Rob,
if you ever need a bookkeepe[...]actly the same thing. And

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2001, edited by Rob Jeffs – original was 2000[...]
they said, “Rob, can you do it temporary?” And I said, “I can[...]s,
you’re a certified repairer.

Rob Jeffs: You’re a certified repairer as well but we[...]you would send a vehicle out to get them going.

Rob Jeffs: Well in those days they would just ring stra[...]erviewer: So, you got to do the out and about.

Rob Jeffs: Yeah and as I say anywhere from Harry’s Hu[...]u must have got to know the country really well.

Rob Jeffs: Yes, I know every road really well. A[...]
[...]And where did you send your children to school?

Rob Jeffs: Well, our children, Mark and Fiona, Fiona wa[...]ate? Where did you have
holidays?

Rob Jeffs: Well in the early days when we were k[...]
[...]in, in the August and we

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[...]wer: And did you catch the barge going across?

Rob Jeffs: Yeah, we would catch the barge over we would[...]Interviewer: So, were they sandmining there?

Rob Jeffs: Yeah, they were mining sand. There wa[...]
[...]Is that why the bubbler stopped bubbling?

Rob Jeffs: Well, I think the reason why the bubbler[...]u up.

Interviewer: Beautiful fresh water.

Rob Jeffs: Well, they reckon that that water up in[...]it’s clean.

Interviewer: And filtered.

Rob Jeffs: And that whole area up around the top en[...]they were sampling for oil at one stage as well.

Rob Jeffs: They could well have been I never really[...]beach.




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Rob Jeffs: Oh yeah, you’d always go tailor fishin[...]rviewer: I believe you knew Harry Springs.

Rob Jeffs: Yeah, I knew Harry Spring. Harry was the[...]before he retired and that, he said, “Rob, I’ve just bought another really, really[...]bike riding committee.



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[...]the other side where you could go water skiing.

Rob Jeffs: From about where the Council chambers is up[...]hat about the hut that’s called Harry’s Hut?

Rob Jeffs: Well of course there were several stories th[...]hat go up there.

Interviewer: Wow, yeah, yes.

Rob Jeffs: And they of course they got a road. B[...]
[...]“Ah well….”

Interviewer: What was PMG?

Rob Jeffs: Post Master General.

Interviewer: OK. Yeah, yeah.

Rob Jeffs: And so, they said, “Well, we're goi[...]
[...]ing?” I said to the Sister, and she said, “No Rob, they're
not fighting,” she said[...]Interviewer: And did you end up with a scar?

Rob Jeffs: Yeah, and still, it is a bit of a scar on th[...]this day.

Interviewer: And this. (unclear)

Rob Jeffs: Then after I've gone all over to Some[...]

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