P8 - Interview with Frank Hardy (born 1917), Melbourne, 18 January 1994

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File P8

Content Summary:

This interview with well-known novelist, raconteur and left-wing political activist Frank Hardy was conducted only 10 days before his death. However, Hardy is in fine spirits and forthcoming about his extraordinary life and interesting times, including the influence upon him and his writing of the Industrial Workers of the World. Biographies are available at https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hardy-francis-joseph-frank-19531 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hardy. His papers are in the NLA.

1 x 90 min. cassette, Side B only, c. 45 minutes. (Side A is an interview by the ABC Radio Social History Unit with an unknown old-time activist, Date unknown but circa January 1994).

Subjects:

Politics and government
Academic
History

Names:

Burgmann, Verity, FASS, Adjunct Professor of Politics

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