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Jerzy Zubrzycki interviewed by Peter Biskup [sound recording]
Bib ID 3018400
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline [sound recording]
Author
Zubrzycki, Jerzy, 1920-2009, Interviewee
 
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Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1990 
8 sound tape reels ; 10 in. 
Summary

Professor Jerzy Zubrzycki, sociologist and demographer, speaks about his family background and childhood in Poland; serving in the Polish Cavalry, 1939; his escape to England; serving with the Special Operations Executive during World War II; studying at London School of Economics; working in the British Foreign Office; moving to Australia in 1956; studying at the Australian National University; working as a radio and television broadcaster; his studies into post-war migration; his achievements as Professor of Sociology, 1970 to 1985; his consultancy work for the government on migration policy; serving on Australian Ethnic Affairs Council; multiculturalism; Australian policy on refugees; his involvement with the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs, the Sociological Association and Journal of Sociology, Lifeline, Australian Academy of Social Sciences, and Museum of Australia; his sabbaticals overseas; and changes in Australian life and culture.

Notes

Recorded in Canberra on 3 March, 27 March, 2 April and 19 April 1990.

Also available online at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.oh-vn3018400

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript (typescript, 226 leaves) 
Subjects Zubrzycki, Jerzy, - 1920-2009 - Interviews.  |  Sociologists - Australia - Interviews.  |  Demographers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Polish people - Australia - Interviews.  |  Australia - Emigration and immigration - Government policy.
Other authors/contributors Biskup, Peter, 1926-2013, Interviewer

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