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Jack McPhillips interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 681258
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
McPhillips, Jack, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Written permission required from the Labor Council of New South Wales for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1985 
5 sound tape reels (ca. 150 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 5 in. 
Series

Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project

Summary

McPhillips, trade union official and Communist, speaks about his family and early life; first job at Sydney City Council; entertainment in the 1920s; Colgate-Palmolive Peet Company; Australian Workers Union; joining the Labor Party; unemployment during the Depression; union organiser for Factory Department of AWU; AWU opposition groups; joining the Communist Party of Australia; Unemployed Workers Association; evictions; North Australian Workers' Union; Arbitration Agent for Federated Ironworkers; 1949 Coal Strike; Ernie Thornton; Laurie Short; imprisonment; Communism; formation of the Socialist Party of Australia.

Notes

Part of a collection of interviews with former and present trade union leaders, produced as a joint project by the Labor Council of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia.

Working duplicate and cassette copies made.

Recorded in Sydney, New South Wales on 5 December 1985.

DCM record; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (typescript, 81 leaves) 
Subjects McPhillips, Jack - Interviews.  |  Communist Party of Australia - History.  |  Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia - History.  |  Coal Strike, Australia, 1949.  |  Communists - Australia - Interviews.  |  Labor unions - Iron and steel workers - New South Wales.  |  Labor unions - New South Wales - Officials and employees - Interviews.  |  New South Wales - Social conditions - 1929-1939.
Other authors/contributors Raxworthy, Richard, 1932-2003, Interviewer  |  Labor Council of New South Wales  |  National Library of Australia
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500 |aPart of a collection of interviews with former and present trade union leaders, produced as a joint project by the Labor Council of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia.
500 |aWorking duplicate and cassette copies made.
506 |aWritten permission required from the Labor Council of New South Wales for research, personal copies and public use.
518 |aRecorded in Sydney, New South Wales on 5 December 1985.
520 |aMcPhillips, trade union official and Communist, speaks about his family and early life; first job at Sydney City Council; entertainment in the 1920s; Colgate-Palmolive Peet Company; Australian Workers Union; joining the Labor Party; unemployment during the Depression; union organiser for Factory Department of AWU; AWU opposition groups; joining the Communist Party of Australia; Unemployed Workers Association; evictions; North Australian Workers' Union; Arbitration Agent for Federated Ironworkers; 1949 Coal Strike; Ernie Thornton; Laurie Short; imprisonment; Communism; formation of the Socialist Party of Australia.
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555 0 |aTranscript available (typescript, 81 leaves)
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651 0 |aNew South Wales|xSocial conditions|y1929-1939.
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710 2 |aLabor Council of New South Wales.
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