John Kane interviewed by Ron Hurst in the Parliament's oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 553717
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Kane, Jack (John Thomas), 1908-1988, 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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- 1985-1988
- 20 audio cassettes (ca. 1230 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Parliament's oral history project.
- Summary:
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Kane speaks of his family background and early life; Union involvement; the Depression; Communism; Second World War; career in the Labor Party; ALP Industrial Groups vs Communism; the Labor Party split; trial and dismissal of NSW State Executive (including Kane); visit to Bishop Carroll; expulsion from Labor Party and defeat of the Industrial Groups; formation, philosophy and early history of the Democratic Labor Party (DLP); expulsion of Vince Gair; "36 faceless men"; John Gorton; election campaigns of the 1960s; possible merger of Country Party and DLP; failure of DLP; Wilfred Burchett case.
- Biography/History:
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Kane was a Senate member for New South Wales for the Democratic Labor Party from November 1970 to May 1974.
- 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 2 April 1985 and 31 March 1988.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217750143
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed transcript, index and timed summary available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Parliament's oral history project.
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- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1807
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