Brendan Hansen interviewed by Daniel Connell for the Parliament's oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1842348
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hansen, Brendan Percival, 1922-1999, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1989 Aug
- 8 audio cassettes (ca. 457 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Parliament's oral history project.
- Summary:
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Hansen speaks about his family background; childhood; influence of the Church upon politics; working in Canberra after the war; working in New Guinea; Federated Shipwrights Union; joining the Labor Party; Labor split; 1958 election; Ted Walsh; 1961 election; his wife; parliamentary colleagues; parliamentary life; party leadership; Gough Whitlam; state aid; Jim Cairns; Party committees; overseas trips; 1972 election; duties as Whip; 1974 election; Vince Gair; 1977 state election; Queensland branch of Labor Party; retirement.
- Biography/History:
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Hansen held the seat of Wide Bay, Queensland for the Labor Party from December 1961 to May 1974.
- Notes:
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- Parliament's oral history project is an ongoing project administered by the Australian Parliamentary Library focussing on retired parliamentarians and their political careers.
- Recorded in Maryborough, Queensland from 22 to 25 August 1989.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218027159
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript and index available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Parliament's oral history project.
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- Until 2059 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1989
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