Lang Hancock interviewed by Stuart Reid for the Battye Library collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 15847
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hancock, Lang (Langley George), 1909-1992, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access closed.
- Description:
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- July 1990 - Sept. 1990
- 21 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Battye Library collection.
- Summary:
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Mr Hancock, a mining magnate, speaks of his family background; his childhood; his schooling; the atom bomb at Monte Bellos; managing Mulga Downs; aboriginal ceremonies; Citizens' Rights for aborigines; mining asbestos; Islwyn Walters; asbestos; Wittenoom plant; his first aeroplanes; selling his asbestos interests to CSR; copper, lead, tin and manganese mines; Phillipson's book; discovery of iron ore; proposition for tax free development of the north west; Menzies as an administrator; Lloyd Marshall 's confirmation of the discovery of iron ore; Dr Bruno Campana's trip; Tom Price; Hamersley; steel mill proposal; Daniel Ludawig; Tom Reid; railways; his relations with Charles Court; Wittenoom Agreement; Texas Gulf negotiations; Armco; McCamey's Monster; Robe River; his staff; Roumania; Singpore; Rex O'Connor; Whitlam; Cairns; Bjelke-Petersen; his involvement in politics; his partnership; newspaper publishing; mining iron ore; nuclear power; Secession Movement; his interest in the nation and basing his enterprise overseas.`
Hancock then talks about his daughter's role in the company; his mother's background; Aborigines and the Ord River; the future of the country; WA Inc.; Bob Duffield's book; media coverage; his happiness, power, health; five signs of ore in the ground.
- Notes:
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- The J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History is part of the State Library of Western Australia.
- Heat bound transcript includes attachments: The Struggle for rights; Governments consume wealth - they don't create it; Journey across time: gate to the world; collection of material on the discovery of iron ore; Iron background for Bank; revision of Iron background for Bank.
- Part of a collection of oral history interviews produced by a joint project between the National Library of Australia and the J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History.
- Accompanied by statements by Sir Charles Court and Rupert Murdoch.
- Recorded at Mr Hancock's home at Bullsbrook, W.A.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript (typescript, 128 leaves)
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- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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