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James Anthony Mulvihill interviewed by Ron Hurst for the Parliament's oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 1448797
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline [sound recording]
Author
Mulvihill, J. A. (James Anthony), 1919-2000, Interviewee
 
Online Versions
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1985 
15 cassettes (ca. 900 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series

Parliament's oral history project.

Summary

Mulvihill talks about his family background; childhood in Ryde and Concord; first jobs; Depression; first interest in joining ALP; State Executive; 1946 election campaign; branch meetings; Fred Daly; Campaign Director; Communism; 1953 ALP Conference; interest in Yugoslavia; post-war migration; Evatt; Labor Party split; the Movement; Communist influence in unions; Santamaria; New South Wales Executive in 1950s; becoming New South Wales Assistant Secretary; running for the Senate; Whitlam becomes leader; interest in the environment; Commonwealth Immigration Advisory Council; 1973 Conference; events leading to the Dismissal; Jim Cairns; Whitlam; Hayden; Hawke; Parliamentary Conference in Jamaica; refugees; his retirement from Parliament; Senate Committee system; Committees he belonged to.

Biography/History

Mulvihill was a Labor Party Senator for New South Wales from July 1965 to February 1983.

Notes

Parliament's oral history project is an ongoing project administered by the Australian Parliamentary Library focussing on retired parliamentarians and their political careers.

Recorded at Trades Hall, Goulburn Street, Sydney from 9 May to 5 September 1985.

Also available online at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.oh-vn1448797

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript (393 p.) and index available. 
Subjects Mulvihill, J. A. - (James Anthony), - 1919-2000 - Interviews.  |  Politicians - Australia - Interviews.  |  Australia - Politics and government - History.
Other authors/contributors Hurst, Ron, Interviewer  |  Australia. Department of the Parliamentary Library

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