Joseph Alexander interviewed by Mel Pratt in the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 801260
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Alexander, J. A. (Joseph Aloysius), 1892-1983, 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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- 1971 Mar. 2
- 2 tape reels; 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Mr. Alexander discusses Van Diemen's Land Company (VDL); Burnie; Keith Murdoch; "The Herald"; "Sun News Pictorial" A.F. Kenyon; Andrew Chaffey; John Curtin and Winston Churchill; ban on the Press Gallery facilities in Melbourne; Federal Press Gallery; Mr Curtin's "Travelling Circus"; Robert Menzies' last press conference; press secretary to the Prime Minister; special press conference on Otto Niemeyer; Martyn Threlfall; "Red Robbie", Horace Robertson; Don Rogers and Lloyd Dumas; original members of the Federal Press Gallery; foreign press representation; authors as members of the press gallery; Keith Murdoch; Baillieu Clan; W.S. Robinson; Curtin and Murdoch; R.G. Casey; Bruce-Page government; W.M. Hughes; Granville Ryrie; Page; J.H. Scullin; E.G. Theodore; J.A. Lyons; Mungana; Fenton papers; Colonel Jones; United Australia Party (UAP); W.S. Robinson; Robert Gibson; Premiers Plan; L.F. Giblin; John Latham; Country Party and UAP; R.G. Menzies; Cecil Edwards; Bruce as Prime Minister; rise of Hitler; Isaacs' speech on Hitlerism; "Who's who in Australia"; "Notable Australians".
- Biography/History:
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Joseph Alexander was a political journalist from 1929 to 1944.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at his home at Buderim, Queensland.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214844594
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 50 leaves) 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 2041 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1971
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