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Title
Bill O'Neill interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project
Repository
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
Reference
ORAL TRC 1948/22
Date Range
1986
Description

Oral history recording
Interviewee: Bill O'Neill
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Bill O'Neill, former New South Wales State President of the Australian Railways Union. Includes reference to: His involvement with the Australian Railways Union [ARU]; the National Union of Railwaymen and the 1917 strike; Ben Chifley; State Council of the ARU; becoming State President in the 1940; Lloyd Ross; becoming an ARU organiser in 1947; issues as industrial officer; 1949 coal strike; dieselisation campaigns of the 1950s; NSW Labor Council ; ACTU.

Formats
Audio Tapes
Quantity
300 minutes
Access
Written permission from the Labor Council of New South Wales required for research and public use