Edward St. John interviewed by Veronica Keraitis [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 493527
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- St. John, Edward, 1916-1994, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1980
- 3 sound tape reels : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 5 in.
- Summary:
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Edward St. John, lawyer and Liberal Party politician, speaks about early family history; his father being a clergy in the Dioceses of Armidale and Grafton, growing up in Boggabri/Uralla; attending Armidale High School; recollections of his father; first job working for the bank of NSW in Scone; accepting a bursary; doing Arts & Law; living at St. Pauls College; walking to University; talking about other students eg. E.G. Whitlam; the depression; his wife and two daughters; WWII and joining AIF in 1940; becoming a Captain in 1943; setting up practice at the bar; going to England with Mr Justice Ash & Bridge for the First Commonwealth & Empire Law Conference; death of his first wife and meeting his second wife; speaks about some of his cases and representing a former patient from Chelmsford.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Sept. 29, 1980.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215170861
- Related Material:
- Later interview with Edward St. John is available in the National Library of Australia's Oral History & Indigenous Programs collection at ORAL TRC 4900/70.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (11 p.) and transcript (typescript, 82 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Keraitis, Veronica, 1952-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2050 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1980
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