Alan Reid interviewed by Mel Pratt in the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 766843
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Reid, Alan (Alan Douglas), 1914-1987, 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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- 1972 Oct. 4-1973 Feb. 28
- 2 tape reels : 1 7/8 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Mr Reid, political journalist, remembers his schooldays in Sydney; Frank Browne; Norm Gallagher; going into journalism; copy boy with "The Sun"; Wally Hamilton; Robert Clive Packer; training; Lang; Theodore; horse racing; Tom Gurr; Canberra experience; Otto Olsen; Joe Alexander; Fenton-Scullin cables; Alan Fraser; Jack Beasley; Curtin; the relationship between the press and political parties; Joe Lyons; Menzies; Keith Murdoch; Jack Hewitt; Eric McLoughlin; Hughie Daish; Ross Gollan; Billy Hughes; Fadden's becoming Prime Minister; Jack McEwan; Page; "Herald" management and the Prime Ministership; Joe Winkler; Don Rodgers; Slush Fund payments and Curtin;; Arthur Coles; Alec Wilson; Fadden budget; Curtin Government; Japan's entry into the war; National Register Act; Curtin; Frank Ford; Chifley; Dedman; Beasley; Evatt; Ned Ward; Calwell; Maurice Blackburn; Evatt's relations with other members of the Government; Evatt's relations with the public service; Molotov letter; Frank Jost; Brisbane line; Blamey; General Red Robertson; Rodgers; Keith Murdoch.
- Biography/History:
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Alan Reid at the time of interview had had thirty five years continuous service in the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery and was Dean of the Corps of the National Political Reporters. In fifty years of Federal political reporting Reid saw thirteen prime ministers come and go.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at his home in Canberra.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-214876159
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (20 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 98 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Journalists
- 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 2043 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1973
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