| Call # |
OH150 |
| Phys. Description |
1 sound cassette (2 hr., 30 min.) |
| Local Note |
Transcript (typescript, 90 p.) |
| Note |
This sound recording has been preserved and made available by the Oral History Records Rescue Group (OHRRG) Project supported by Lotterywest. |
| Access |
Access open |
| Note |
Copyright or other restrictions may apply. For public use, contact the State Library of Western Australia. |
| Summary |
Born Dongara; family background; life in Northampton, Mullewa; farming; school life at Isseka; sporting activities; church activities; falling prices of wheat during the Depression; camel teams; Afghan teamsters; social life; Aboriginals; lack of medical facilities; working in Kalgoorlie; gold mining; World War II; enlistment; army training in Newcastle; Middle East; Crete; injury; return to WA; Narrows Bridge; Comprehensive Water Supply; Kwinana Oil Refinery; BHP; steel rolling mill; Ord River Scheme; farming expansion; Stephenson Plan; sewerage plan; Democratic Labor Party; the East-West railway development; iron ore development in Pilbara, Goldsworthy, Mt Newman, Hamersley and Pannawonica; Cockburn Sound ship building; Esperance development; overseas investment; immigration of skilled workers; overseas trips to USA and UK; sealing East-West road; Midland Railway takeover; Lang Hancock; mining leases; personal reflections and philosophy; family; political disappointments; Barracks Arch referendum; lack of support for a good harbour in Geraldton to serve Greenough region. |
| Subject |
Brand, David, Sir, 1912-1979 -- Interviews.
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Isseka (W.A.) -- History.
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Afghans -- Western Australia.
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Barracks Arch (Perth, W.A.)
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Premiers -- Western Australia -- Interviews.
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Western Australia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
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Hancock, Lang (Langley George), 1909-1992.
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| Alt Author |
Teasdale, Jean, 1928-2002.
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