| Bib ID |
2244515 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. |
| Description |
1995
2 digital audio tapes (120 min.)
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| Series |
Communists and the Left in the arts and community oral history project
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| Summary |
Baird speaks of joining the Communist Party of Australia in the late 1940s in Malvern, Vic., how she was caught in the post-war housing shortage, eviction from her rented house because an ex-serviceman bought it, an offer of emergency accommodation at the Watsonia Army Camp, her refusal to accept the living conditions which were dreadful, how she lobbied John Cain, Senior Leader of the Opposition and this got her into an emergency housing settlement at Camp Pell established at Royal Park, other occupants were primarily Roman Catholic so her family was persecuted likened to Cold War hostility, how her family was terrorised and the role played by the police, cites Phyllis and Ken Ophel as the communist activists in the camp but were discriminated against over obtaining a Housing Commission home, Gerald O'Day was the local communist doctor would answer calls at Camp Pell, tenants had no rights against the power of the officials such as sabotaging their attempts to provide sports for the children.
Baird concludes explaining that her husband eventually left the CPA over their tactics in union elections.
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| Notes |
Not yet preserved.
Recorded on May 9, 1995 at Eltham, Vic.
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| Subjects |
Baird, Mary Jean, - 1921- - Interviews. | Communist Party of Australia. | Clerks - Victoria - Interviews. | Public housing - Victoria. | Communists - Victoria - Interviews. | Housing - Victoria.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Lowenstein, Wendy, 1927-2006
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