Ray Peckham interviewed by Rob Willis for the Voices of the bush oral history project
- Bib ID:
- 5976800
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Peckham, Ray, 1929-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2012-2023
- 9 sound files (ca. 477 min.)
- Series:
- Voices of the bush oral history project.
- Summary:
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Ray Peckham speaks about his early life in Dubbo, N.S.W.; his family background; being raised at the Talbragar Mission; the Great Depression; Elders, culture, language and stories; moving to the Kempsey area with the N.S.W. Police Force; other occupations; moving to Sydney; Pearl Gibbs; Indigenous Rights organisations; Aboriginal Progressive Association (A.P.A.); the Communist Party of Australia (C.P.A.); joining the Builders Labourers Federation (B.L.F.); attending the World Youth Festival for Peace (1951) in Berlin; passport problems; touring country towns, attempting to obtain better conditions for Aboriginal people; his role as an activist; A.S.I.O.; Charles Perkins; the Indigenous Protest Movement (1965); Faith Bandler; the events leading up to the 1967 Referendum for Indigenous Rights; origins of The Day of Mourning; sings songs from the 1951 trip to Berlin.
- Partial contents:
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- Sings: Goodbye Mr Menzies (parody, written by Neville Isaacson)
- Goodbye Mr Menzies (parody, written by Neville Isaacson) (repeat)
- Notes:
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Recorded with John Nolan and John Harpley.
- Summary accompanied by photographs and associated materials.
- Recorded on 21 March and 30 April 2012, and 19 September 2023 in Dubbo, N.S.W.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 146 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Peckham, Ray, 1929- -- Interviews
- World Youth Festival for Peace (3rd : 1951 : Berlin, Germany)
- Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights
- Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Educators -- New South Wales -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Interviews
- Referendum -- Australia
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Voices of the bush oral history project.
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- Until 2093 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2023
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