John Oldham interviewed by Dr. Allan Martin [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 368568
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Oldham, John, 1902-, 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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- 1987 Nov. 4
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 56 min.) ; 10.5 ins.
- Summary:
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John Oldham, born 1902 in Melbourne, speaks about his family background; education at Queen's College St. Kilda, Melbourne Grammar and Trinity College; becoming a judge's associate and finishing studies through this; meeting Robert Menzies; law scene in Melbourne in 1920s; Owen Dixon's influence; Sir Leo Cussen; Sir James Macfarlan; his admission to the Bar in 1929; Alfred Stirling; Stirling's early association with Menzies; Stirling's record as youngest head of Scotch College, Hawthorn, Victoria; prominent Australians who attended Scotch College; joining the Department of External Affairs in the 1930s; Menzies as Attorney-General; being preselected for seat of Fawkner but not standing; George Maxwell; Stanley Bruce; Young Nationalists; Sir Edmund Herring; Harold Holt; brother Trevor's involvement in politics; James Fairbairn; using his political contacts to get clients; going to London in 1939 with Stirling for the Dept. of External Affairs; working as a Personal Assistance to Bruce in the War Cabinet; John Curtin; posting to Washington after war; key public servants during post war period; US President Harry Truman; working for a year in Paris; H. V. Evatt's Presidency of the UN Atomic Energy Commission; posting in Karachi, Pakistan.
- Biography/History:
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John Oldham, born 1902 in Melbourne, is a lawyer and Australian foreign diplomat.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Nov. 4, 1987 at Canberra, A.C.T.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215860270
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Diplomats
- Other authors/contributors:
- Martin, A. W. (Allan William), 1926-2002, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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