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Harold White speaks about his early years in Canberra [sound recording]
Bib ID 1813264
Format AudioAudio [sound recording]
Author
White, Harold Leslie, Sir, 1905-1992, Interviewee
 
Access Conditions Access to be determined. 
Description 1988 Mar 
2 sound tape reels (ca. 65 min.) 
Summary

Harold White first came to Canberra in 1926 when the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library was transferred from Melbourne. He delivers a monologue about a few of the public servants and other figures whom he came to know at the Hotel Canberra and elsewhere in his early years in Canberra. They include Sir Robert Garran, Sir George Knowles, William J. Skewes, Dr Walter Duffield, Sir Hubert Murray, Dr Robin Tillyard, Thomas M. Shakespeare, and Sir Warren McDonald.

Notes

Recorded on 28 and 30 March 1988.

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Subjects White, Harold Leslie, Sir, 1905-1992.  |  Librarians -- Australia.  |  Australia -- Officials and employees -- Anecdotes.  |  Australian Capital Territory -- History -- 20th century.
Occupation Librarians.

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