- Bib ID:
- 792908
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- O'Neill, Bill (Wilfred Michael), 1900-1991, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1986
- 10 sound tape reels (ca. 350 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project.
- Summary:
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O'Neill, former New South Wales State President of the Australian Railways Union, speaks about his family background; living conditions in country Victoria and New South Wales in the early 1900s; working at glassworks in Sydney; working on the railways at Griffith; involvement with the Australian Railways Union; National Union of Railwaymen and the 1917 strike; moving to Lithgow; Alderman on Lithgow Council; Ben Chifley; State Council of the ARU; problems with the Railways Dept.; becoming ARU State President in 1940; Lloyd Ross; his anti-communist feelings; becoming ARU organiser in 1947; industrial issues; issues as industrial officer; The Movement; Industrial Groups; Jack Ferguson; 1949 coal strike; dieselisation campaigns of 1950s; current railway safety standards; arbitration system; NSW Labor Council; ACTU; Jack Lang and the Lang Labor Party.
- 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.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 139 leaves)
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- Copyright:
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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- Unpublished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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