Don Taylor interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project [sound recording]

Taylor, former President of the New South Wales Teachers' Federation] speaks of his family background; childhood in Adelong, New South Wales; living conditions in the 1890s and early 1900s; anti-conscription activities; Nimmitabel-Bombala railway; Amalgamated Railway and Tramways Union; mining at Cobar and Broken Hill; devitation tunnel at Stanwell Park; Workers Industrial Union of Australia (One Big Union); returning to teaching; rock chopping; 1917 strike; joining New South Wales Teachers' Federation; recognition of teaching qualifications and standards; position of teachers during WW2; Australian Teachers Federation conferences; affiliation with the Labor Council; anti-Communists within the Federation; University of New South Wales; external studies; equal pay campaign; Commonwealth aid campaign; Public Service Association; relations with Labor Council; working on the wharves; Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations; Jack Lang; reforms in secondary and tertiary education; Wyndham Report.