Lionel Bowen interviewed by Ron Hurst for the Parliament's oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 645252
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bowen, Lionel, 1922-2012, 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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- 1990-1991
- 32 cassettes (ca. 1896 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Parliament's oral history project.
- Summary:
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Honourable Lionel Frost Bowen, speaks of his childhood and education in Sydney; experiences in local and state government representing Randwick; his entry into Federal politics; his work as Postmaster-General; the dismissal of the Whitlam Government; the Labor Party in Opposition; Gough Whitlam, Bill Hayden and Bob Hawke and Bowen's part in leadership challenges; his comments on events in Clyde Cameron's diaries and issues while Minister for Trade and Attorney-General.
- Biography/History:
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Bowen held the seat of Kingsford-Smith, N.S.W. for the Australian Labor Party from October 1969 to 1990. He was Deputy Prime Minister, 1983-1990, Attorney-General, 1984-1990 and Post-Master General, 1972-1974 as well as holding portfolios for Commonwealth-State Relations, Trade, Manufacturing and Industry, Special Minister of State and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister.
- 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 between 27 March 1990 and 1 August 1991.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218061041
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript (745 p.) 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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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1991
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