John Cook interviewed by Anne Blood for the Australia 1938 oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 904579
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Cook, John, 1911-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1982 July 14
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 185 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Australia 1938 oral history project.
- Summary:
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Cook speaks of his family background; religion; politics; school and childhood memories; local community of West Torrens; technical high school; apprenticeship as a sheet metal worker; employment experiences; union involvement; work conditions of the time; technology; frequently changing jobs; lifestyle; family home and living conditions; recreation; family attitudes; politics; health care; contact with Aborigines and migrants; royalty; memories of the 1930s.
- Notes:
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- Recorded by the Australia Oral History Project as research for the book Australians 1938 from the series Australians, a historical library.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
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- Partial transcript (typescript, 5 leaves) available.
- Timed summary available.
- Subject:
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This belongs to the Australia 1938 oral history project.
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- Until 2052 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1982
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