| Bib ID |
756337 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
1987
2 sound cassettes (ca. 120 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
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| Series |
Neville Meaney collection.
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| Summary |
Professor Michael Roe, an Australian historian, speaks about his family background; books he read as a child; attending Caulfield Grammar School; history lessons at school; development of his political views; history course at University of Melbourne; Melbourne University ALP Club; studying at Cambridge University; Quest for Authority in Eastern Australia, 1835-1851; influence of Manning Clark; teaching at University of Tasmania; influence of liberalism upon Australia; and the Australian identity and the British cultural inheritance.
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| Notes |
This interview is part of a collection of interviews with senior Australian historians, conducted in an attempt to define the influences upon creation of history in Australia.
Recorded at the University of Sydney, New South Wales on 23 January 1987.
Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Transcript available (typescript, 42 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Roe, Michael, - 1931- - Interviews. | Historians - Australia - Interviews. | College teachers - Australia - Interviews. | Historiography - Australia. | History - Study and teaching - Australia.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Meaney, N. K. (Neville Kingsley), Interviewer
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| Related records |
Neville Meaney collection
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