Alexander Welch interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2263300
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Welch, Alexander Walker, 1905-1982, 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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- 1974 Nov. 6 - 7
- 1 tape reel : 1 7/8 ips, mono. 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Mr Welch talks of his early life in North Sydney; his education; experiences in the NSW Public Service; the conference on Civil Defence; Harry Bland; ARP in Britain; Dept. of Home Security; staffing; firefighting; necessity for Civil Defence; Air Raid Warden system; national Security Regulation 35A; J.P. Abbott; co-ordination of Federal and State Civil Defence; compulsory Civil Defence Service; War Housing; Dept of Post-War Reconstruction; rental rebates; problems of building post-war homes; pegged rents; accommodation for war workers; Dept of Works and Housing; Mr Loder; Nelson Lemmon; pre-fabricated houses; Beaufort home; Mr Menzies; Mr Casey; W.H. Spooner; R. Wilson; Dr Evatt; Dr Coombs; Lenox Hewitt; GPN Watt; Frank Sinclair; 1950 Housing Mission; Sam Cochran; coal mining; Coal Board; Gerald Hill; exporting coal; liberty ships; coal industry; organisation of the Coal Board coalmining companies; Joint Coal Board; NSW Mining Co.; Clutha Development Co.; Hunter Strip Co.; Placer Development Organisation; D.K. Ludwig; Burragorang Valley; overseas markets for coal; Japanese market; open cut mining and environmentalists; personal interests; public servants moving to private enterprise; entry of private enterprise people to public service; Canberra 1941-1951; public service heads; accommodation; Parents and Friends Association, Girls' Grammar School; suburbs; shopping; centres; transport; post Loan Council parties; change in public service chiefs.
- Biography/History:
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Alexander Welch had a distinguished career in the public service from 1941-1952 in the Departments of Home Security, and War Housing and later in private industry in coal mining.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at his home in Sydney.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214896853
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.) and transcript (66 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Pratt, Mel, -1986, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Mel Pratt collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2044 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1974
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