Kenneth Wriedt interviewed by Peter Hay in the Parliament's oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2076185
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Wriedt, Kenneth Shaw, 1927-2010, 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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- 1987 May 27-1988 July 11
- 9 audio cassettes (ca. 512 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Parliament's oral history project.
- Summary:
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Wriedt speaks of family background; early career on the sea; beginnings with the Labor Party; 1967 Election to the Senate; political career; Gough Whitlam; committees; 1972 election of Labor Government; primary industry; superphosphate bounty; 1975 dismissal; foreign affairs; Vietnam; trips overseas; loans affair; transfer from federal to state parliament; Robin Gray; Tasmanian State Parliament.
- Biography/History:
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Wriedt was a Senate member for Tasmania for the Labor Party from July 1968 to September 1980.
- Notes:
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- Parliament's oral history project is an ongoing project administered by the Australian Parliamentary Library focusing on retired parliamentarians and their political careers.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217936321
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript, index and summary available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Parliament's oral history project.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2058 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1988
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