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Peter Harrison interviewed by Peter Spearritt for the Australia 1938 oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 888413
Format AudioAudio
Author Harrison, Peter, 1918-1990
Access Conditions Access closed to audio; access open for research, personal copies and public use of transcript. 
Description 1983 Jan. 31. 
3 sound cassettes (ca. 270 min.) : 1 7/8 ips. 
Series Australia 1938 oral history project ; ORAL TRC 2404 Int. no. 2312 
Summary

Harrison speaks of his family background; school memories; local area of Rose Bay; employment experiences; family lifestyle and relationships; death of brother and funeral; house in 1938; recreation; marriage in 1942; working as an architect; politics; Australian society; health care; travel; architectural projects he worked on.

Notes

Recorded by the Australia 1938 Oral History Project as research for the book Australians 1938 from the series Australians, a historical library.

Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (49 p.) 
Subjects Harrison, Peter, - 1918-1990 - Interviews.  |  Architects - New South Wales - Biography.  |  Sydney (N.S.W.) - Social conditions - 1901-1945.  |  Sydney (N.S.W.) - Social life and customs.
Other Authors Spearritt, Peter, 1949-  |  Australia 1788-1988: A Bicentennial History  |  Australia 1938 Oral History Project
Also Titled Australians 1938.

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Details Collect From
ORAL TRC 2404/2312
Copy: Recording
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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