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Interview with Sir Edward McTiernan / Interviewer: Ron Hurst.
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Publication details:
1986-1988.
Record id:
25889
Author:
Series:
Law in Australian society oral history project.
Subject:
McTiernan, Edward, -- Sir, -- 1892-1990.
Politicians -- Australia.
Judges -- Australia.
Summary:
Sir Edward speaks about the 1929 election to the House of Representatives; working in the Commonwealth Public Service; associate to Justice Rich of the High Court; studying law; childhood in Metz, New South Wales; his opposition to conscription; time in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; support for the Australian flag; appointment as High Court Judge; appointment as Privy Councillor in 1962; Charles Wade; 1925 election; social welfare during the Depression.
Note:
Compact discs.
Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
Recorded between 1 May 1986 and 29 March 1988.
Sir Edward was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1920 to 1927, member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Parkes from 1929 to 1930, and High Court Judge for 46 years.
Variant title:
Oral History Collection.
Phys. description:
4 sound discs (ca. 240 min.) : digital + transcript (47 pages).