Sir Hermann Black interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2038830
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Black, Hermann, Sir, 1905-1990, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1982
- 4 sound tape reels (ca. 330 min.)
- Summary:
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Tape 1. Sir Herman Black talks about his family history; his father's athletic ability; his childhood memories; their poverty; his father's alcoholism and subsequent death; his mother's remarriage; World War I; his brother's experiences as a soldier overseas; his secondary education; his learning of the Japanese language; his interest in Japanese culture; reasons for entering the Faculty of Economics at the University. -- Tape 2. His degree in Economics; exams; his first job at Parkes High School; his social life; the suspension of Alexander Mackie; his transfer to Randwick High; his wife's instability resulting in schizophrenia; great intellectual influences on his life. Tape 3. The need for a continuing relationship between the university and its graduates; his work as an economic advisor and his current position.
- Biography/History:
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Black was an economist and Chancellor of the University of Sydney, 1970-1990.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 19 February 1982 in Canberra, A.C.T.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215210585
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (19 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- University administrators
- Other authors/contributors:
- McGrath, Amy, 1921-2019, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Until 2052 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1982
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