Edgar Holt interviewed by Mel Pratt for the Mel Pratt collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 735133
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Holt, Edgar George, 1904-1988, 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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- 1978 May 2-3
- 3 tape reels (ca. 401 min.) : 1 7/8 ips, mono. ; 5 in.
- Series:
- Mel Pratt collection.
- Summary:
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Edgar Holt, journalist, author, talks of his early life in England; Bostock's Jungle; White City, Sydney; Birch Carroll and Coyle Theatrical Circuit; his education in Brisbane; his cadetship with the "Daily Mail"; newspapers and journalists in Brisbane in the twenties; Alec Chisholm; Arthur Benjamin; Theodore; Sir James Blair; Workers Education Association; Dr Duhig; Fred Eggleston; Harold Holt; Australian Women's National League; Tom Roberts; modern painting; Roy Curthoys; political outlook of the "Argus"; resignation of Curthoys; appointment to the "Herald"; Keith Murdoch; Murdoch and the outbreak of World War II; Murdoch as a journalist; Stewart; introduction to Frank Packer; appointment of Theodore as Director-General of Allied Works; censorship dispute; Henderson; Ezra Norton; strike of 1944; Curtin as a politician; composite newspaper during strike; Holt's resignation to Packer; Frank Packer as a person; Frank Forde; Lennie Lower; Lennie Lower's funeral; "Smiths Weekly"; Sir Joynton Smith; W. J. Smith; weekly publishing; standards of journalism.
Holt speaks about Willy Brennan; joining the Federal Secretariat; the Liberal Party; Menzies' leadership; Bill Anderson; Conservatism and the Liberal Party; Federal Council; power in the Liberal Party; Lyell Moore; Federal Policy Committee; National Party; Harold Holt; Holt's death; Gorton and and the Liberal Party; McMahon; contingency plan for defeat; Southey; Sneddon and Lynch; comparison of Sneddon and Menzies; disillusionment with the Party; McEwen's challenge to McMahon; Scullin; Chifley; Petrov enquiry; Dr Evatt; Arthur Calwell; Whitlam; "Any questions" radio show; Dennis Brogan; effects of alcohol; writing; Kenneth Slessor.
- Biography/History:
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Edgar Holt served as a journalist on many well-known newspapers. In 1950 he joined the Federal Secretariat of the newly formed Liberal Party, taking charge of public relations.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at his home in Sydney.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-221586653
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and transcript (87 p.).
- Subject:
- 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 2048 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1978
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