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Autobiographical interview with Joseph Aloysius Alexander [sound recording]
Bib ID 337835
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
Alexander, J. A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1892-1983
 
Access Conditions Open access. 
Description 1977 
1 sound cassette. 
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'.

Biography/History

Alexander was a political journalist from 1929 to 1944 and former editor of "Who's who in Australia"

Notes

Autobiographical recording and transcript originally prepared for the St. Patrick's College Old Collegian Association.

Recorded on Sept. 7, 1977.

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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