Leo Wood interviewed by Stuart Reid for the Battye Library collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2661250
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Wood, Leo, 1914-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1996
- 29 sound tape reels ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Battye Library collection.
- Summary:
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Leo Wood, criminal lawyer, talks about his family background, education at a State school in Mount Lawley and then at two convent schools prior to attending St. Ildephonsus College in New Norcia as a boarder. He then tells how he entered the legal profession by joining the firm of Lavan, Walsh and Seaton in May 1932. Wood vividly describes Perth's legal scene from the 1930s to the 1980s, during which time the number of legal practitioners increased from around 110 to 2,500 and he provides a guided tour through the law firms of St George's Terrace, in the 1930s the hub of Perth's legal world.
- Notes:
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- The J.S. Battye Library of West Australian History is part of the State Library of Western Australia.
- Interview conducted in association with the J.S.Battye Library of West Australian History.
- Recorded between Jan. 22, 1996 and Feb. 9, 1996 in Perth W.A.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Corrected transcript available (typescript, 206 leaves).
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Lawyers
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- Creation date:
- 1996
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