Geoffrey Bolton interviewed by Neville Meaney for the Neville Meaney collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 793880
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bolton, G. C. (Geoffrey Curgenven), 1931-2015, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1986 Sept. 11
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 110 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Neville Meaney collection.
- Summary:
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Professor Geoffrey Bolton, Australian history, speaks about his family background; his early interest in history; studying history at University of Western Australia; influence of his lecturers; events in the period; his interest in the moral complexities of Australian history; his views on Communism and the British Commonwealth; his Master of Arts thesis on the history of the Kimberley pastoral industry; studying at Oxford; his Doctor of Philosophy thesis about the Irish Act of Union; his book A Thousand Miles Away; and his approach to teaching history.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of interviews with senior Australian historians, conducted in an attempt to define the influences upon creation of history in Australia.
- Recorded at Murdoch University, Western Australia on 11 September 1986.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (typescript, 35 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Meaney, N. K. (Neville Kingsley), interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Neville Meaney collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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