John Legge interviewed by Neville Meaney for the Neville Meaney collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2278805
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Legge, J. D. (John David), 1921-2016, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use during lifetime of interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1986
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 90 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Neville Meaney collection.
- Summary:
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Professor John Legge, Australian historian, speaks about his Presbyterian family background; books he read as a child; political events of his youth; studying history at University of Melbourne; his interest in Marxism; his Master of Arts thesis on Australian administration in New Guinea; teaching history at the University of Western Australia; studying at Oxford; his research on Indonesia; and developing the history curriculum at Monash University.
- 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.
- Interview recorded by Associate Professor Meaney using low-grade recording equipment, and transcribed by a staff member of Sydney University.
- Recorded at Monash University, Melbourne on 7 November 1986.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Related Material:
- Papers of John Legge; located at; National Library of Australia Manuscript collection MS Acc05.103.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (typescript, 42 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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- 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- Unpublished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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