Dick Smith interviewed by Diana Giese in the Australians of the year oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1318995
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Smith, Dick, 1944-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1999
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 109 min.)
- Series:
- Australians of the year oral history project.
- Summary:
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Smith, a businessman and adventurer, speaks of his childhood in North Sydney, how his two main preoccupations included electronics and the Australian bush, how he started Dick Smith Electronics in 1968, which he later sold to Woolworths for
Smith discusses selling this business in 1995 to John Fairfax Holdings for
- Notes:
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- Recorded at Terrey Hills, N.S.W. on 4 May 1999.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Summary available (1 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 57 leaves).
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Company directors
- Other authors/contributors:
- Giese, Diana, 1947-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australians of the year oral history project.
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- Until 2069 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1999
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