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Richard Kirby interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2971350
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Kirby, Richard, 1904-2001, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1986, Jan. 13 
5 sound tape reels : 3 3/4 ips, mono. 
Series

Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project

Summary

Sir Richard Kirby, former President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, speaks about his early life in North Queensland; working as an articled clerk and later, as a barrister; the Evatt Brains Trust; joining the ALP; cases he conducted for unions; Clive Evatt; Jock McClemens; John Kerr; World War Two; War Crimes Commissioner; appointment to the Arbitration Court; Stevedoring Industry Commission; Conciliation Commission; Groupers and Communists; major arbitration cases; unions and Labor governments; Chifley and unions; his own relations with government; Reg Downey.

Notes

Part of a collection of interviews with former and present trade union leaders, produced as a joint project by the Labor Council of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia.

Working duplicate and cassette copies made.

DCM record; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (typescript, 79 leaves) 
Subjects Kirby, Richard, - 1904-2001 - Interviews.  |  Australia. - Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission.  |  Australia. - Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.  |  Australia. - Stevedoring Industry Commission.  |  Arbitrators, Industrial - Australia - Interviews.  |  Labor courts - Australia.  |  Lawyers - Australia - Interviews.
Other authors/contributors Raxworthy, Richard, 1932-2003, Interviewer  |  Labor Council of New South Wales  |  National Library of Australia

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