| Bib ID |
765378 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Vols 1 & 2 access open for research, personal copies and public use; Vols 3 and 4 closed until 2013. |
| Description |
1971 Oct. 29-1972 Oct. 27; series II 1978 Mar. 13-1978 Apr. 9; 2739 1978 July 20; 2740 1988 Sept. 4
15 tape reels + series II 9 tape reels 1.5 tape reels + 1.5 tape reels ; 5 in.
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| Series |
Mel Pratt collection.
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| Summary |
I. Mr Cameron, a politician, talks of his early life at Murray Bridge; Amalgamated Shearers Union; influences on his political life; Norman Makin; Jim Cavanagh; life as a shearer; shearing in New Zealand; life as an Organiser; Aborigines as unionists; National Civic Council; Grayndler; Fallon; 1921 ALP Conference; Theodore; Dougherty; Bukowski; communists; Weil's disease; Evatt; Ballot box inquiry; II. Membership drive, 1943; B.H.P; Tom Dougherty; land prices; bribery in amalgamations; card vote; John Bannon; Industrial Groups; Evatt; Jack Schmella; democratic socialism; union rules; Dethridge Award; Con Bowen; III. 1972 election; Whitlam; migration; abolition of the Dept of Labour and National Service; election of Cabinet; Loans affair; Rex Connor; Whitlam and Connor; rise in inflation; his move from Labour and Immigration portfolio; Caucus rules on dismissal of Ministers; Whitlam; 1975 and 1977 elections; Crean. IV. Freudenberg's assessment of Whitlam's government; John Kerr; Connor's dismissal; official secrets; freedom of information legislation; relations between Ministers and public servants; IDCs; Ian Sharp; ILO; ACOA. Sharp interview: Clarrie O'Shea; Tramways Board; DLP and Groupers; his association with the ILO; treaties; Roland Wilson; TUTA; Clyde Cameron College; indexation.
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| Biography/History |
Clyde Cameron was the ALP Member for Hindmarsh in the Federal House of Representatives from 1949-1980.
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| Notes |
This interview is supplemented by a solo recording by Clyde Cameron made 20 July 1978.
Recorded at his home in South Australia, and at Mel Pratt's home in Canberra.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Transcript (1061 p. + series II 686 p. + 2739 78 p. + 2740 91 p.) |
| Subjects |
Cameron, Clyde R. - (Clyde Robert), - 1913-2008 - Interviews. | Australian Labor Party. | Politicians - Australia - Interviews. | Australia - Politics and government - 1945-1965. | Australia - Politics and government - 1965-1972.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Pratt, Mel, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Mel Pratt collection
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