Francis James interviewed by Stewart Harris [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 258049
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- James, A. F. P. (Alfred Francis Phillip), 1918-1992, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use from Mr James' executor.
- Description:
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- 1992 Jan. 30 - Mar. 5
- 3 sound tape reels (ca. 99 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., mono. ; 7 in.
- Summary:
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Francis James, journalist, speaks of his parent's marriage; religion; his father; boyhood escapade in Cessnock; his father's occupational change; school days and teachers in Sydney; his brothers; Fort Street High School; staff; transport to school; his father's occupational change; Glebe flat; catching tram; travel passes; the depression; Hammond Hostels; his father's phone conversation with Bertram Stevens; Sir Samuel Walder; his father helps unemployed person; lodgers; Bill Humphries; Fort Street; Pollard, physics teacher; incident on tram; opening of Sydney Harbour Bridge; rescue of flags episode; Goulburn High School; being editor of school magazine; suspension; Mr Harkness; Canberra Grammar School; W. John Edwards; the Russian gardener; Harold White; Duke of Gloucester's Canberra visit; Isaac Isaacs; bomb incident; Whitlam and divinity prize; expulsion from Canberra Grammar; League of Nations; RAAF; Point Cook medical; Hugh Poate; father's episode in army hospital; RAAF selection interview; F.M. Bladin; referees; RAAF; incident with Group Captain Delarue.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at Mr James' home in Sydney, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available: (35) leaves.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Harris, Stewart, 1922-1994, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2062 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1992
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