Adrian Curlewis interviewed by Neil Bennetts [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2657465
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Curlewis, Adrian, Sir, 1901-1985, 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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- 1976 Feb. 9
- 3 tape reels (ca. 241 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Summary:
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Judge, Sir Adrian Curlewis, former President of the Surf Life Saving Association and founder of Outward Bound in Australia, speaks about his family background and early life in Mosman; his involvement in 1920s with the Palm Beach Surf Life-saving Club; his early law career; his wife and children; his time as president of the Surf Life Saving Association from 1933 to 1975; the decision to use shark mesh; World War II, including as a Japanese prisoner-of-war in Changi and on the Burma Railway; serving as a Judge on the New South Wales District Court from 1948 to 1971; his many community activities; his mother, the famous Australian author Ethel Turner; his father, also a judge; the history of surf lifesaving in Australia; establishing Outward Bound in Australia; introducing the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme in Australia; and the New South Wales Youth Policy Committee.
- Notes:
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- Recorded in Sydney, New South Wales on 9 February 1976.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-366489141
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (typescript, 70 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Bennetts, Neil, 1943-2011, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2046 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1976
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