Ken Fry interviewed by Michael Saward for the Parliament's bicentenary oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1457257
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Fry, Ken, 1920-2007, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1985 May 14 - June 16
- 7 audio cassettes (ca. 484 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Parliament's bicentenary oral history project.
- Summary:
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Fry speaks of his family background and childhood ; his studies and life at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College ; his work at the Rural Bank ; joining the AIF during the war ; coming to Canberra ; his election to the ACT Advisory Council. Topics covered from his political career include: His impressions of the Whitlam government 1972-74 ; his initial impressions of Parliament ; the backbencher's contribution to policy ; the volatile atmosphere of the Whitlam government ; the bureaucracy vs. the government ; the day of the Whitlam government's (11 Nov. 1975) ; the effects of the Fraser government on Canberra ; the invasion of East Timor ; the Labor left in 1977 ; the different styles of campaigning 1980 vs 1984 ; relations with media and their bias ; the Hawke government ; his retirement from Parliament ; his views on the Nuclear Disarmament Party and other single issue parties.
- Biography/History:
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Fry held the seat of Fraser A.C.T for the ALP from May 1974 to October 1984.
- Notes:
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- Project administered by the Department of the Parliamentary Library and consists of interviews with retired politicians who speak of their political careers.
- Recorded between 14 May 1985 and 16 June 1985.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript (175 p.) and index available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Parliament's bicentenary oral history project.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1985
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