Brian Dunnett interviewed by Alex Hood and Annette Hood in the Alex Hood folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4465444
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Dunnett, Brian, 1935-2016, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 1 sound file (ca. 155 min.)
- Series:
- Alex Hood folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Brian Dunnett talks about his family background; the Depression; his father's work as iron worker, then a railway worker and his WWII service; his music influences and involvement; the Railway Union's cultural influence, the Railway Institute; Australian Railways Union (A.R.U.) and Lloyd Ross; the railway journal 'The Railroad'; 'The Tivoli', his schooling; his memories of Hurstville; hard times; family gatherings; after leaving school, his apprenticeship with N.S.W. Railways; the many aspects of railway work; White Bay Power Station; wartime experiences; tanks and weapons being built by railway workshops; the strong tradition of work place music and arts, theatre; his involvement in the Eureka Youth League (E.Y.L.); how ex-soldiers brought change in the railways; the influence of Frank Hardy's book 'Power Without Glory'; the growth of the Australian Communist Party; Dame Mary Gilmore; the influence of the 1917 Strike; changes in social thought after WWII, political changes; the National Fitness Movement; the promotion of Australian Nation culture, 'Reedy River', and 'New Theatre'; the Australasian Book Society; dance groups; multi-cultural activities; Aboriginal cultural developments; the emerging Peace Movement; the fear of Atomic War; the emergence of the Folk Movement; E.Y.L. camps, songbooks and concerts; conscription, National Service Training (1954); Cold War politics; his trip to Vienna Youth Festival (1959); John Meredith; working for the E.Y.L.; visiting Indonesia (1964), Communist Party of Australia (C.P.A.) Delegation; international tensions at the time; World Federation of Democratic Youth; how this early period formed his future involvement in politics and cultural work in the railways; the 'Sidetrack Theatre' and their community arts involvement; his work with Harry Robertson at Chullora Workshops.
- Partial contents:
- Dunnett recites a poem about the importance of the Library.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on July 9, 2008 at Kurnell, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) available.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
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