- Bib ID:
- 881642
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Dening, Greg, 1931-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1986
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 90 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Neville Meaney collection.
- Summary:
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Professor Greg Dening, an Australian historian, speaks about his family background; books he read as a child; influence of Jesuit schooling; his time as a Jesuit; studying at University of Melbourne; thesis on 1890s strike; his interest in anthropology and history of the Pacific; studying anthropology at Harvard; and teaching history and sociology at La Trobe.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of interviews with senior Australian historians, conducted in an attempt to define the influences upon creation of history in Australia.
- Recorded on 5 November 1986.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (typescript, 26 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Meaney, N. K. (Neville Kingsley), interviewer
- Related Records:
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