David Fairbairn interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 723288
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Fairbairn, David, 1917-1994, 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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- 1976
- 3 tape reels (ca. 419 min.) : 1 7/8 ips., mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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David Fairbairn, a politician, talks of his early life in England; Jesus College, Cambridge; Empire Air Training Scheme; 140 Squadron; D.F.C. award; RAAF and the RAF; Dutch coast patrols; interest in politics; 1949 election; pre-selection; problems with country electorates; Menzies; Cabinet; his interests; rail standardisation; Air Force equipment; 1961 election; appointment to the Air Ministry; F111; VIP flights; water resources; forestry; oil; salination; cooperation with the States; legislation for search for oil; Bill Boswell; Snowy Mountains Authority; leak to the Press about his appointment as High Commissioner, London; taxation assessment; phosphate bounty; wheat; forestry; petrol prices bill; atomic energy; Oliphant; nuclear non-proliferation treaty; national mapping; Rex Patterson; Leadership of the House, 1966; Arthur Calwell; sitting hours; Cabinet workload; Public Service; decentralisation; Gorton as Prime Minister; oil pricing; Ainsley Gotto; his resignation; Asian Parliamentarians Union; Fraser's resignation; Gorton's resignation; phosphate and iron ore problems; bauxite; uranium; McMahon government; education; universities; state aid; Vietnam war; defence expenditure; DDL ship project; conditions of pay for defence; Jess Committee; DFRB; Arthur Tange; aid for training Cambodians; defence as political controversy; 1972 election; Liberal leadership; 1974 election; Whitlam government; Gas Pipline authority; Question Time.
- Biography/History:
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David Fairbairn served as the Liberal Member for Farrer in the Australian Federal Parliament from 1949-1975. He held four ministries.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at the National Library of Australia.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221574583
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (100 p.).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pratt, Mel, -1986, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Mel Pratt collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2046 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1976
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