Leslie Haylen interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]

Bib ID:
719769
Format:
Audio
Author:
Haylen, Leslie, interviewee
Online Version:
National Library of Australia digitised item
Access Conditions:
Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
Description:
  • 1976 Oct. 12-13
  • 3 tape reels (ca. 150 min.) : 1 7/8 ips., mono. ; 7 in.
Series:
Mel Pratt collection.
Summary:

Leslie Haylen, politician and journalist, speaks about his early life at Amungula, near Sutton; origin of his family name; Dame Mary Gilmore, a family friend; army service during World War I; his anti-war views; working as a journalist at Sunday Times, Sydney Sun and Women's Weekly; his play Two Minutes Silence'; serving as member for Parkes, 1943 to 1963; impact of Petrov Affair; Arthur Calwell; Eddie Ward; Ben Chifley; 1949 coal strike; Justin O'Byrne; Nelson Lemmon; Don Cameron; practical joke played on Billy Wentworth; presentation of Cook journal to National Library; his opposition to state aid for Catholic schools; losing his seat. Pratt recites Haylen poems: Parkes 1963; Chifley's Grave.

Biography/History:

Haylen worked as a journalist prior to entering the New South Wales Parliament as member for Parkes, N.S.W. from 1943-1963.

Notes:
Index/Finding Aid Note:
Timed summary (8 p.)
Subject:
Other authors/contributors:
Pratt, Mel, -1986, interviewer
Related Records:
two-level-child

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