Bruce Litchfield interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2258201
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Litchfield, Bruce, 1908-1995, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1974
- 1 sound tape reel (180 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, half track, mono. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Bruce Litchfield, an architect, talks of his early life in Cessnock and Newcastle; working in Darwin as an architect; increasing the defences in Darwin; Darwin Mobile Force; Captain Haultain of the Larrakia; Japanese activities off Darwin; building Larrakeyah Barracks; bombing raid on Darwin; withdrawal of the Administrator to Alice Springs; strike on the oil tanks; communications after the raid; building fighter and bomber strips; rations; aborigines; Tipperary and Humpty Doo Stations; military police; Mrs Abbott's corsets; Katherine as a base; Civilian Construction Corps; Allied Works Council; visits to HMAS Kalgoorlie; Movement Control; the "Islander"; building meatworks at Mambaloo; return of the Administrator after the war; Jessie Litchfield; Clyde Fenton; Bill Harney; Harney's relationship with aboriginals; racism in Darwin; new town plan; Dept. of Works and Housing; residents of Darwin after the war; Michael Paspali; problems travelling to Dili, Portuguese Timor; Canberra in 1948; Australian National University development plan; architecture of the ANU; day labour staff in Canberra; professionalism in the public service.
- Biography/History:
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Bruce Litchfield served as an architect for the Commonwealth Government in Darwin during World War II, and later in Canberra.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at his home in Canberra on Dec. 10-12, 1974.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221565818
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (9 p.) and transcript available (39 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pratt, Mel, -1986, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Mel Pratt collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2044 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1974
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