William Flynn interviewed by Margaret Murphy [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 613487
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Flynn, W. S. (William S.), 1902-1981, 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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- 1974 Nov. 30
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 182 min.) : 1 7/8 ips ; 5 in.
- Summary:
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Flynn speaks of his family background & early life, Bathurst, NSW; Andrew Charlton's 440 yard world swimming record; law studies, University of Sydney; law lecturers; Law School contact with main campus; fellow students, incl. Percy Spender; early court work; Bakewell divorce case; Ernie Abigail case; judges, incl. Sir Philip Street; Bert & Clive Evatt; involvement in basic wage inquiry, 1930-31; Oswald Niemeyer's comments during Depression; Jack Lang; appointment as Crown Law Officer, Darwin, 1941; civil criminal proceedings against Army Major; Northern Territory police; defence lawyers; Administrator Abbott; experiences driving from Darwin to Alice Springs; Aboriginal trackers; Police award; Japanese air raids, Darwin; effect of WW2 on Darwin; drafting NT ordinances; cattle-duffing; postwar changes, Darwin; Aboriginal relations; NT-Canberra relations; joining Snowy Mountains Authority as legal officer; conditions for contractors; compensation for leases; migrant workers; workers' compensation; constitutionality of the Authority & its Act; Sir William Hudson, Director, SMA; achievement's of the Authority; contractors; changes in Cooma, 1952-74; period as relieving magistrate following retirement; legal loophole in appointment of ACT Police.
- Biography/History:
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William Flynn is the a former Sydney lawyer, Northern Territory Crown Law Officer and Assistant Crown Solicitor, Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority.
- Notes:
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- Accompanied by: Interviewee's childhood recollections of living at Wentworth, N.S.W., at the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers (1 leaf).
- Recorded at the home of Mr Flynn on 30 November 1974 in Cooma, N.S.W.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215010301
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (typescript, 66 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Flynn, W. S. (William S.), 1902-1981 -- Interviews
- Northern Territory Administration -- Officials and employees -- Interviews
- Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority -- Officials and employees -- Interviews
- Government attorneys -- Northern Territory -- Interviews
- Government attorneys -- Australia -- Interviews
- Lawyers -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Interviews
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Northern Territory -- Darwin
- Courts -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- History
- Occupation:
- Lawyers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Murphy, Margaret, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2044 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1974
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