Freelance Journalism, 1984-93

Component identifier:

Series 18

Content Summary:

Following his retirement as a reporter, Harris continued to write articles on a freelance basis and gained employment on contract as an interviewer for the National Library of Australia's oral history program. In addition, in the late 1980s, Harris undertook contract work for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), preparing articles for Australian and international journals and papers on issues of importance to the Centre, including answering international criticism against eucalyptus plantings. In this period he pursued a number of other interests including involvement in the peace movement.

Other papers relating to the discovery of Eucalyptus recurva on Half Moon Farm are filed in Series 23.

Immediate source of acquisition:

In December 1994 the National Library of Australia purchased the papers of Stewart Harris, for more than twenty years Foreign Correspondent in Australia for The Times newspaper.

Names:

Stewart Harris

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