| Bib ID |
801260 |
| Format |
Audio, Online, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Online Versions |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
1971 Mar. 2.
2 tape reels; 5 in.
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| Series |
Mel Pratt collection.
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| Summary |
Mr. Alexander discusses Van Diemen's Land Company (VDL); Burnie; Keith Murdoch; "The Herald"; "Sun News Pictorial" A.F. Kenyon; Andrew Chaffey; John Curtin and Winston Churchill; ban on the Press Gallery facilities in Melbourne; Federal Press Gallery; Mr Curtin's "Travelling Circus"; Robert Menzies' last press conference; press secretary to the Prime Minister; special press conference on Otto Niemeyer; Martyn Threlfall; "Red Robbie", Horace Robertson; Don Rogers and Lloyd Dumas; original members of the Federal Press Gallery; foreign press representation; authors as members of the press gallery; Keith Murdoch; Baillieu Clan; W.S. Robinson; Curtin and Murdoch; R.G. Casey; Bruce-Page government; W.M. Hughes; Granville Ryrie; Page; J.H. Scullin; E.G. Theodore; J.A. Lyons; Mungana; Fenton papers; Colonel Jones; United Australia Party (UAP); W.S. Robinson; Robert Gibson; Premiers Plan; L.F. Giblin; John Latham; Country Party and UAP; R.G. Menzies; Cecil Edwards; Bruce as Prime Minister; rise of Hitler; Isaacs' speech on Hitlerism; "Who's who in Australia"; "Notable Australians".
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| Biography/History |
Joseph Alexander was a political journalist from 1929 to 1944. |
| Notes |
Transcript: (59 p.)
Recorded at his home at Buderim, Queensland.
Also available online via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn801260
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 50 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Alexander, J. A. - (Joseph Aloysius), - 1892-1983 - Interviews. | Journalists - Australia - Interviews. | Diplomats - Australia - Interviews. | Australia - Politics and government - 1922-1945.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Pratt, Mel
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| Related records |
Mel Pratt collection
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