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Archival Resources Details Jack Cambourn interviewed by Richard Raxworthy in the Labor Council of New South Wales oral history project

Title
Jack Cambourn 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 1948/31
Date Range
1988
Description

Oral history recording
Interviewee: Jack Cambourn
Interviewer: Richard Raxworthy

Interview with Jack Cambourn, National Secretary of the Federated Engine Drivers' & Firemens' Association of Australasia. Includes reference to: Balmain Branch of the Federated Ironworkers' Association [FIA]; 1949 Coal Strike; joining the Federated Engine Drivers' & Firemens' Association [FEDFA]; his time as a FEDFA organiser; FEDFA relations with the FIA; FEDFA deregistration in 1948, 1953 and 1959; rebuilding the FEDFA after the 1959 deregistration; the Labor Council of New South Wales and delegates; Jack Mundey and the Green Bans; relations of FEDFA with the Builders' Labourers' Federation; immigrants and unionism; corruption.

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