Monica Attard interviewed by Barry York for the Maltese Australian folklife and social history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2713618
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Attard, Monica (Monica Ann), 1958-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1999
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 130 min.)
- Series:
- Maltese Australian folklife and social history project.
- Summary:
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Recorded on Mar. 29, 1999 in Sydney.
Monica Attard, a journalist, speaks of her childhood and upbringing as the daughter of working class migrant parents; growing up in Strathfield in Sydney lacking many non-Anglo immigrants where she encountered considerable prejudice and discrimination; how she got into broadcast journalism by starting in 1979 as a cadet with Fairfax then later with 2WS and then following a 2 year stint seeing the world she was with 2GB; how she completed her Bachelor of Arts majoring in psychology while working part-time with the ABC's new department; later she moved to 2JJJ-FM; her eventual return to mainstream ABC current affairs as a reporter for "AM", "The World Today" and "PM"; her work on Four Corners and Lateline on ABC-TV; how she was posted to Moscow in 1990; returning to Australia in 1994 she became a presenter on "PM" and her current work is now with "The World Today"; her personal life and identity, some of the highlights of her career; the impact of living in Russia and watching the collapse of the old Communist regime and the impact on the Russian people.
- Notes:
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Summary available (1 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 51 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Journalists
- Other authors/contributors:
- York, Barry, 1951-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 1999
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