Michael Thwaites interviewed by John Farquharson [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2165696
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Thwaites, Michael, 1915-2005, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research , personal/research copies and public use. Deliver online.
- Description:
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- 2002
- 5 sound files (237 min.)
- Summary:
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Michael Thwaites, recalls his family background and traces his varied career as a Canberra poet, writer, former Director of Counter Espionage with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) from the 1950s-1970s, Deputy Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian (1971-1976); naval officer and academic.Thwaites was born 1915 in Brisbane, Qld. He recalls his student days at Geelong Grammar as a scholarship student, then on to Melbourne University and at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar (1937). He recalls his role as Director of Counter Espionage, ASIO; his involvement in events in Australian political history, such as the defection of the Petrovs; his work as the ghostwriter of the Petrov's account of life in Stalin's Russia. He speaks of his writing projects (poetry and non-fiction) undertaken during his retirement.
- Notes:
- Recorded on Nov. 25-Nov. 27, 2002 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 136 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Farquharson, John M., 1929-2016, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2072 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2002
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