Norm Sanders interviewed by Hamish Sewell in the Old Parliament House political and parliamentary oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5756795
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Sanders, Norman K. (Norman Karl), 1932-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 6 sound files (ca. 529 min.)
- Series:
- Old Parliament House political and parliamentary oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Norm Sanders, born in Ohio, United States (1932), discusses his childhood and family background; American education and culture; his early career in aviation; studying Science at the University of Alaska; studying Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles; coming to Australia on a Fulbright scholarship (1964); his first impressions of Australia; completing his PhD on coastal geomorphology at the University of Tasmania; his extensive international travels; the Palmyra murders; returning to live in America; his career in aerospace engineering; working as an assistant professor of geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara; environmental issues and organisations in America that he was engaged in at that time; returning to Tasmania (ca. 1976); the social culture of Tasmania at that time; environmental issues in Tasmania in the 1970s.
Sanders discusses the Tasmanian Wilderness Society; the Franklin Dam controversy; the media; the Australian Greens; becoming an Australian citizen; joining the Australian Democrats and winning the Senate seat of Denison; moving to Canberra; the social culture of Canberra at that time; Old Parliament House and New Parliament House; Parliamentary protocols; various environmental issues that he was involved in (uranium mining, Pine Gap, proposed Jarvis Bay navy facilities, renewable energy research); international delegations that he was part of (to Russia, Poland, China); politicians and public figures that he encountered during his political career; political machinations and power structures; friendships; motorbike riding; his resignation; standing for a seat in the Australian Capital Territory; lecturing at the Australian National University; kayaking and mountaineering; marriages, partners and children; changes in environmental laws; environmental issues today.
- Notes:
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- This interview is part of a joint oral history project being conducted by the National Library of Australia and the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House.
- Recorded on 24-25 November 2011 in Byron Bay, N.S.W.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 276 leaves) and timed summary (12 p.) available.
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- 2011
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