Richard Kirby interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2971350
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Kirby, Richard, 1904-2001, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1986 Jan. 13
- 5 sound tape reels (ca. 153 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 5-7 in.
- Series:
- Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
- Summary:
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Sir Richard Kirby, former President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, speaks about his early life in North Queensland; working as an articled clerk and later, as a barrister; the Evatt Brains Trust; joining the ALP; cases he conducted for unions; Clive Evatt; Jock McClemens; John Kerr; World War Two; War Crimes Commissioner; appointment to the Arbitration Court; Stevedoring Industry Commission; Conciliation Commission; Groupers and Communists; major arbitration cases; unions and Labor governments; Chifley and unions; his own relations with government; Reg Downey.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of interviews with former and present trade union leaders, produced as a joint project by the Labor Council of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (typescript, 79 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Kirby, Richard, 1904-2001 -- Interviews
- Australia. Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
- Australia. Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
- Australia. Stevedoring Industry Commission
- Arbitrators, Industrial -- Australia -- Interviews
- Labor courts -- Australia
- Lawyers -- Australia -- Interviews
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- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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