Ion Idriess interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2339187
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Idriess, Ion L. (Ion Llewellyn), 1890-1979, 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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- 1974 Nov. 25
- 3 sound tape reels (ca. 231 min.) ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 792-794
- Summary:
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Idriess speaks of his family background; about his school days; about going to sea then working in the bush; gold prospecting in Queensland; travelling around Australia; coming out of the bush at 42 and beginning to write; enlisting for World War I; Gallipoli; writing his book "Madman's island"; his method of writing; reasons why he never considered himself as a writer; making a living as a writer.
- Notes:
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-220875255
- Related Material:
- Portrait of Ion Idriess taken during an oral history interview, 25 November 1974; Located at; National Library of Australia Pictures collection PIC P1544/16A Album 900a LOC Cold Store PIC DE BERG
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (9 p.) and transcript available (78 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Hazel de Berg collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2044 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1974
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