Consignment received 2022, c.1956-2010

Component identifier:

Class 1

Content Summary:

This consignment comprises recordings compiled by political scientist Verity Burgmann. The recordings are of interviews (1970-1994), speeches, meetings and protests of far-left wing activists (1981-2019), conducted by Burgmann and others. Prominent activists interviewed include Frank Hardy, Tom Payne, Lloyd Ross and Mary Wright as well as with less well known individuals active in the various movements they represented. Other recordings in this consignment were made of activists' meetings, protests and on radio, along with music from various groups including Australian Industrial Workers of the World and the People for Nuclear Disarmament (1980's). There are a series of lectures presented by Burgmann on Modern Political thought at the University of Melbourne (2003-2004) and some and family recordings (1956 to 2000).

Subjects:

Politics and government
Academic
History

Names:

Burgmann, Verity, FASS, Adjunct Professor of Politics

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