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[Interview with Reverend Hector Harrison] [sound recording] / [interviewer : Mel Pratt]
Bib ID 735334
Format AudioAudio
Author Harrison, Hector, 1902-1978
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1973 October 2 - October 15. 
1 tape reel : 1 7/8 ips, mono. ; 5 in. 
Series Mel Pratt collection. 
Summary

Mr Harrison talks of his early life at Northam, W.A.; the Salvation Army Training College, Melbourne; work with the Salvation Army in Melbourne; joining the Presbyterian Ministry; University of Melbourne; John Latham; Ormond College; Tasmania and ancestry; friction over innovations ; "Miss Hobart"; Claremont, W.A.; outbreak of World War II; Rottnest Island; call to St Andrews, Canberra; St Andrews as a national church; Ross Dean and Changi; Lord and Lady Gowrie; Captain Ramsay; precedence; Duke and Duchess of Gloucester; service after Dunkirk; arguments over which Church is the Australian national church; Canberra Church relations; Father Heydon; living conditions in Canberra during World War II; Curtin's personality; Curtin as Prime Minister; Curtin's death and funeral; Curtin's belief in God; Menzies; Curtin's relationship with colleagues and friends; Curtin's drinking problem; Ben Chifley's attitude to the people; Lord Slim; Lord Dunrossil; Arthur Calwell; John Flynn; Sir Peter Heydon; Alan and Jim Fraser; Paul Hasluck; public servants during and after the war; Frank Thorpe; Fred Whitlam; Canberra community; criticisms of Canberra; Kent Hughes; state jealousies; positions held outside Canberra from 1950.

Biography/History Reverend Hector Harrison, was Moderator General of the Presbyterian Church in Australia from 1962-1964 and former Minister at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Canberra. He was also a confidant of John Curtin and a close friend of Ben Chifley. 
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Transcript (75 p.)

Subjects Harrison, Hector, - 1902-1978 - Interviews.  |  Clergy - Australian Capital Territory - Canberra - Interviews  |  Canberra (A.C.T.) - History.  |  Canberra (A.C.T.) - Biography.
Other Authors Pratt, Mel
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ORAL TRC 121/46 Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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