Douglas Wilkie interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 721619
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Wilkie, Douglas, 1908-2002, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1976 Dec. 10
- 1 tape reel (approx. 123 min.) : 1 7/8 ips., mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Douglas Wilkie talks of his childhood in England; his early employment on the Hobart Mercury and The Herald; his retrenchment during the Depression; the Canberra gallery; shorthand; being a war correspondent in Malaya, China, Burma; General Stillwell; India; Tom Gear; conditions as a war correspondent; liberation of Europe; Celle; linking with the Russians in the Balkans; Belsen; London office of The Herald; writing the foreign affairs column of The Sun; his father's role in the theatre; his parent' s marriage; his mother as an actress; his parent's Company and tour of China, Phillipines, Asia and Ceylon; their arrival in Australia; the establishment of the Alan Wilkie Shakespearean Company; travelling throughout Australia and New Zealand; Alan Wilkie as an actor; limited financial assistance from the government for the Company; the fire of 1926; Henry Tree's wardrobe; the Tate Brothers; the Majestic Theatre, Newtown; "Hayfever" at the Tivoli Theatre; his father's C.B.E. award; Keith Murdoch; Murdoch's weaknesses and strengths as a journalist and as a manager; training of cadets at The Herald; Murdoch as an Australian; Murdoch's Young Men.
- Biography/History:
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Douglas Wilkie was a journalist, war correspondent and commentator on foreign affairs for the Sun News-Pictorial.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at his office at the Herald Sun Building, Melbourne.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221586235
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (57 p.) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pratt, Mel, -1986, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Mel Pratt collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2046 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1976
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