Hawke, Robert James Lee (1929 - )
AC, BA, LLB, BLitt(Oxon), Hon Duniv (SA)
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National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
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[Repository details]
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| Title: | Blanche D'Alpuget Papers |
| Reference: | NLA MS 7348 |
| Date Range: | 1963 - 1982 |
| Description: | Research material compiled by D'Alpuget between 1979 - 1982 while writing the book Robert J. Hawke: A Biography (Melbourne: Schwarz/Lansdowne, 1982). The collection includes typescripts of the Hawke biography; notes from conversations and correspondence with Hawke and others; ACTU Executive minutes, 1970-1978; papers relating to ACTU Congresses, 1967-1979; R.J. Hawke speeches; newspaper and magazine cuttings and other papers. Also includes interview notes for Mediator: A Biography of Sir Richard Kirby (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1977). |
| Quantity: | 4 boxes & 1 folio package (0.6 m) |
| Access: | Contact repository for access details |
| Related Entries: | Australian Council of Trade Unions (i), ACTU (1947 - 1979) |
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National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
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[Repository details]
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| Title: | Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project |
| Date Range: | 1988 |
| Description: | Oral history recording
Interviewee: Peter McMahon
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy
Interview with Peter McMahon, trade union official with the Municipal Employees' Union. Includes reference to: working for the Municipal Employees' Union; problems seen as a delegate; industrial action at Bunarong; working for the salaried section; Lake Cargelligo membership drive; union affiliation with the ALP; women in the union movement; equal pay committee; becoming assistant secretary on the MEU; ballot voting; consequences of the ALP split for the union; union involvement in politics; main industrial achievement of MEU; officials he appointed; extension of the Newcastle Branch; differing styles of secretaries; managing 2KY; involvement with TAFE; expansion of the union; involvement in the ACTU; Bob Hawke; leaving the union; Industrial Commission of NSW; his greatest achievements. |
| Formats: | Audio Tapes. |
| Quantity: | 8 sound tape reels |
| Access: | Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use |
| Related Entries: | Municipal Employees Association of Australia (1910 - 1914) |
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| Title: | Labor Council of New South Wales Oral History Project |
| Date Range: | 1988 |
| Description: | Oral history recording
Interviewee: Edward Bennett
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy
Interview with Edward Bennett, State President of the Printing Industry Employees' Union of Australia. Includes reference to: joining the union; Col Colborne as union leader; differences between printing unions; dispute at the Mirror; communist influence in the unions; becoming State President; donation of the ITU ruling machine; amalgamation of unions; Labor Council meetings; effectiveness of the Council; election of Hawke as President of the ACTU; Hawke's ambitions; Barrier Miner; Barrier Daily Truth; effectiveness of the Conciliation Commission. |
| Formats: | Audio Tapes. |
| Quantity: | 3 sound tape reels |
| Access: | Written permission from Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use |
| Related Entries: | Bennett, Edward | Labor Council of New South Wales (1908 - ) | Printing Industry Employees Union of Australia (1917 - 1966) |
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Published by University of Melbourne, 7 March 2002
Based on "Parties to the Award" published 1994.
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Updated: 29 June 2006
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