Philip Baxter interviewed by David Ellyard [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2248360
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Baxter, Philip, Sir, 1905-1989, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1980 May 6
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 94 min.) : analog, mono.
- Summary:
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Sir Philip Baxter, Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, speaking on Sir Mark Oliphant, Australian nuclear physicist and politician. Baxter speaks of his time at Birmingham University; work after completion of his degree; his involvement with uranium after the war; the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima; he details his experiments with uranium and Oliphant's character. Lucas Heights; the Maralinga and Montebello bomb tests and Oliphant's contribution to Australian science.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on May 6, 1980.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 28 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ellyard, David, 1942-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2050 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1980
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