| Bib ID |
2258201 |
| Format |
Audio, Online [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
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| Online Versions |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
1974
1 sound tape reel (180 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track, mono. ; 7 in.
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| Series |
Mel Pratt collection.
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| Summary |
Bruce Litchfield, an architect, talks of his early life in Cessnock and Newcastle; working in Darwin as an architect; increasing the defences in Darwin; Darwin Mobile Force; Captain Haultain of the Larrakia; Japanese activities off Darwin; building Larrakeyah Barracks; bombing raid on Darwin; withdrawal of the Administrator to Alice Springs; strike on the oil tanks; communications after the raid; building fighter and bomber strips; rations; aborigines; Tipperary and Humpty Doo Stations; military police; Mrs Abbott's corsets; Katherine as a base; Civilian Construction Corps; Allied Works Council; visits to HMAS Kalgoorlie; Movement Control; the "Islander"; building meatworks at Mambaloo; return of the Administrator after the war; Jessie Litchfield; Clyde Fenton; Bill Harney; Harney's relationship with aboriginals; racism in Darwin; new town plan; Dept. of Works and Housing; residents of Darwin after the war; Michael Paspali; problems travelling to Dili, Portuguese Timor; Canberra in 1948; Australian National University development plan; architecture of the ANU; day labour staff in Canberra; professionalism in the public service.
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| Biography/History |
Bruce Litchfield served as an architect for the Commonwealth Government in Darwin during World War II, and later in Canberra.
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| Notes |
Recorded at his home in Canberra on Dec. 10-12, 1974.
Also available online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn2258201
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Transcript available (39 p.) |
| Subjects |
Litchfield, Bruce, - 1908- - Interviews. | Architects - Australia - Interviews. | Darwin (N.T.) - History - Bombardment, 1942. | Darwin (N.T.) - Social conditions - 20th century.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Pratt, Mel, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Mel Pratt collection
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