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Jack and Jean Horner talking about Jessie Street [sound recording] / interviewer, Peter Read
Bib ID 666353
Format AudioAudio
Author
Horner, J. C
 
Access Conditions Written permission required from Dr Read for research and public use. 
Description 28 Feb. 1989. 
2 tape reels ; 7 in. 
Series Peter Read collection of interviews conducted for his book entitled, Charles Perkins : a biography 
Summary

Jack and Jean Horner talk of meeting Jessie Street; her knowledge of Aborigines; discriminatory clauses in the Act; the referendum; petitions organised by the Federal Council; Jessie's family history and involvement with the local Aborigines; the Feminist Club; refuge at Glenville; how Jessie organised practical ways to help women; the first FCAATSI conference; Doug Nicholl's refusal to speak on the same platform with Jessie; Jessie's links with the establishment; feminist support for the Federal Council; Jessie's concern for the living conditions of Aborigines; Jessie's definiteness about what she wanted and how it should be done; the Melbourne Conference at the Temperance Association; Aboriginal affairs and the U.N.; Jessie's bluntness; resistance to political parties by the Fellowship.

Notes

Preservation, working duplicate and cassette copies made

Subjects Horner, J. C. - Interviews.  |  Horner, Jean, - 1923-2006 - Interviews.  |  Street, Jessie, - 1889-1970.  |  Aboriginal Australians - Economic conditions.
Other Authors Read, Peter, 1945-  |  Horner, Jean, 1923-2006
Details Collect From
ORAL TRC 2303/32 Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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