| Bib ID |
337835 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Open access. |
| Description |
1977
1 sound cassette.
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| Summary |
Alexander speaks about early life in Burnie, Tasmania; entry into the field of journalism; position of Northwestern Representative of the Daily Telegraph and then on reporting staff in Launceston; work for 'The Tribune'; the closing of St. Patrick's College; position on 'The Evening Sun'; return to 'The Tribune'; 'The Sun Pictorial'; and political reporting; research and publication os his book on the life of George Chaffey; head of Herald-Sun pictorial service in Canberra; the 1929-30 government crisis, Bruce's campaign; the Scullin Labor Government; temporary expulsion from the Press Gallery in 1931; Lyon's election tour; Special Representative of the Herald and associated papers with the Australian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference at Ottawa and the 1932 loan conversion operation; meeting with W.M. Hughes; his property in Mugga Way; impressions of wartime Russia; attitude of Stalin to U.S.A. and Britain during and after WWII; joining of the Australian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference; editorship of 'Who's Who in Australia'.
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| Biography/History |
Alexander was a political journalist from 1929 to 1944 and former editor of "Who's who in Australia"
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| Notes |
Autobiographical recording and transcript originally prepared for the St. Patrick's College Old Collegian Association.
Recorded on Sept. 7, 1977.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Corrected transcript (typescript, 34 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Alexander, J. A. - (Joseph Aloysius), - 1892-1983 - Interviews. | Journalists - Australia - Interviews. | Diplomats - Australia - Interviews. | Australia - Politics and government - 1922-1945.
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