Oral histories on the topic 'provisional parliament house'
John 'Giff' Jones was a Parliamentary Liaison Officer, House of Representatives, in the early 1970s. He was head of office and senior adviser to the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Multicultural Affairs in 1988. Born in 1934, he died in 20...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Bill Snedden, Canberra, Canberra University College, Clyde Holding, CSIRO, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Department of Trade, Derek Carrington, Don Chipp, Ethnic Affairs, Fin Crisp, Fred Daly, Geoffrey Yeend, Gerry Hand, Gough Whitlam, Hostels, House of Representatives, Ian Sinclair, Immigration Advisory Council, Immigration Planning Council, Jack McEwen, Lance Barnard, Manufacturing Industry Advisory Council, McMahon government, Mick Young, Mike Codd, Multicultural Affairs Agenda, National Development, New Parliament House, New Zealand, Nigel Bowen, Parliamentary Liaison Officers, Peter Cotton, Peter Shergold, Phillip Lynch, Provisional Parliament House, Reg Swartz, Regional Development Branch, Reid House (ACT), Robert Menzies, Sandy Hollway, Senior private secretaries, Sydney airport issue, Tariff Board, Whitlam Labor government
Lesley Hindley (nee Hyde) speaks about her early associations with the provisional Parliament House, through working as a typist in the early 1950s to her husband Rob Chalmers’ long involvement with the Press Gallery as a journalist. Mrs. Hindley's daughter, Susan Pitt (nee Chalmers) sat in on th...
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Aborigines, Adam Ingram & Son (Manuka, ACT), Air raid shelters, Alan Curtis, American servicemen (in Sydney), Archie Cameron, Arnott’s Biscuit factory, Australian Labor Party, Australian Press Services, Ballet Russes, Ballroom dancing, Barbara Brooks, Beauticians, Ben Chifley, Bill Dovey, Bill Lascott, Bill McMahon, Boarding houses, Bob Hawke, Bondi (Sydney), Brisbane Line (World War 2), Cold War, Communist Party of Australia, Daily Mirror (newspaper), David Fairbairn, Diplomats, Domestic Science, Don Whitington, Dot Moll [?], Dover Heights, High School (Sydney), Eda Hollitt, Election campaign (Labor, 1972), Family background, Faye Brooks, Federal Golf Club, Fred Coleman, George Kerr, Golf, Greg Hyde, Hairdressing college (Sydney), Harold Holt, Hastings Deering (Sydney), Havelock House, Hostels, Hotel Civic, Hugh Burn, Jack Commins, Joan Commins, John Gorton, John McEwen, Journalists, Journalists Ball (Canberra), Kevin Power, King’s Hall, Laddie Hindley, Lascott’s School of Ballroom Dancing, Lawley House, Les Love, Little Pattie, Madam Gossamer, Marcia Cain, Margaret Whitlam, Marriage, Melbourne Cup, Mick Burn, Mike Willesee, Mining engineers, Mount Isa (Qld), Narrabundah (ACT), New Norfolk (mental hospital, Tasmania), New Zealand, Peter Whitney, Press Gallery, Prime Minister’s Department, Primrose Coleman, Provisional Parliament House, Public Service Board, Ray Maley, Religion, Richard Carlton, Rob Chalmers, Robert Menzies, Ron McCawley, Rosa Hyde, Royal Canberra Golf Club, Rugby Union (North Island, New Zealand), Russia, Ruth Fairbairn, Sheila Phelan, Socialism, Susan Pitt, Sydney, Sydney High School, Tamie Fraser, Ted Cain, The Lodge, The Wellington (hotel), Wally Brooks, William Slim, World War Two, Zara Holt