| Bib ID |
2278772 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
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| Access Conditions |
Written permission required for research and personal copies; access closed for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. |
| Description |
1991-1992
11 cassettes (ca. 660 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
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| Series |
Parliament's oral history project.
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| Summary |
Honourable Professor Peter Erne Baume, speaks about his family background; medical studies and work as an intern at Royal North Shore Hospital; his lack of political consciousness; joining the Liberal Party; 1974 Senate election; involvement in Senate committees; the dismissal of the Whitlam government and the 1975 election; Australia's drug problem; The Aboriginal Affairs portfolio and issues dealt with such as health, land rights, education and self-determination for Aboriginal people; Charles Perkins; negotiations with the state governments over Aboriginal services; issues while Minister for Education including state aid to private schools and amalgamations of universities and colleges; his interests outside parliament; his disagreements with Liberal Party policy and his eventual resignation from the Ministry over Equal Opportunity legislation; the immigration issue; the Senate Estimates Committee; his thoughts on the Liberal Party and his own philosophy on the responsibilities of the state; and his career since retirement from politics.
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| Biography/History |
Baume was a Liberal Senator for N.S.W. from May 1974 to 1990. He was the Minister for Education, 1982-1983 and Aboriginal Affairs, 1980-1982
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| 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 between 22 July 1991 and 7 July 1992.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Transcript (171 p.) and index available. |
| Subjects |
Baume, Peter, - 1935- - Interviews. | Liberal Party of Australia. | Aboriginal Australians - Government policy. | Politicians - Australia - Interviews. | Australia - Politics and government - 1976-1990.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Hurst, Ron, Interviewer | Australia. Department of the Parliamentary Library
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