Joe Weir interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 792503
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Weir, Joe, 1904-1995, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission from the Labour Council of New South Wales required for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1986
- 2 sound tape reels (ca. 65 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
- Summary:
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Weir, former member of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Timber Workers' Union, speaks about his family background; working at Langdon and life there; his professional boxing career; 1929 Timber Workers Strike; living conditions in Sydney in 1920s; Jack Lang; working as union organiser on New South Wales north coast.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of interviews with former and present trade union leaders, produced as a joint project by the Labor Council of New South Wales and the National Library of Australia.
- Recorded on 2 May 1986.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 26 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Weir, Joe, 1904-1995 -- Interviews
- Australian Timber Workers' Union. New South Wales Branch -- History
- Labor unions -- Lumbermen -- New South Wales -- History
- Labor unions -- New South Wales -- Officials and employees -- Interviews
- Lumbermen -- New South Wales -- Interviews
- Timber Workers' Strike, Australia, 1929
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This belongs to the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
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- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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