Ian Castles interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3964639
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Castles, Ian, 1935-2010, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies, written permission is required for public use for 10 years from the date of the interview.
- Description:
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- 2007 Apr. 17
- 2 sound files (ca. 135 min.)
- Series:
- Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection.
- Summary:
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Ian Castles AO, OBE (Born in Kyneton, Vic. speaks about his early life and parents; his early and secondary schooling; undergraduate life at the University of Melbourne, B. Comm. (1952-54); why he chose to become an economist; the National Library of Australia and moving to Canberra; Harold White; early days in Canberra; Pauline Fanning; moving to the Treasury as a research officer; Morrie O'Donnell; the Tariff Board; the early days of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA); overseas travel (New York, Washington D.C. 1966); relationships between the Treasury and political leaders; Harold Holt; Roland Wilson; William (Billy) McMahon; Sir Richard Randall; Vernon Committee of Economic Enquiry (1965); the Whitlam Government; Taxation; Australian National University; Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS); his experience in London as senior Treasury Representative; Australia's entrance into the OECD; his experience as Australia's first financial councillor for the OECD, Paris (1971-72).
Castles discusses his reasons for returning to Australia; early publications; becoming a fellow of the ASSA; his decision to leave Treasury and go to Prime Minister and Cabinet; Fred Wheeler; Sir John (Jack) Bunting; Gough Whitlam; Malcolm Fraser; Paul Bourke; bibliometric studies; Institute of Scientific Information (ISI); an Independent Review of the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National University (1994-9); becoming the Executive Director of the ASSA (1995-98); achievements during this period; the establishment of the National Academies Forum; Gustav Nossal; Thomas Malthus; digital versus hardcopy publishing; Stanley Jevons; John La Nauze; William Petty; Canberra economists in the Academy; the different types of statisticians; an Academy project with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS); key figures he worked with.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on April 17, 2007 at Canberra, A.C.T.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Related Material:
- Ian Castles papers; located at; National Library of Australia, Manuscript collection MS Acc13.122.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 96 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Henningham, Nicola, 1960-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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