P11 - Interview with Leo Kelly, Melbourne, 20 January 1986

Component identifier:

File P11

Content Summary:

Leo Kelly grew up in Goulburn, NSW. In the 1930s he frequented Sydney's left-wing milieu, bohemian intellectual scene and homosexual sub-culture. In this interview he describes the predicament of Charlie Reeve as a homosexual man and a leading member of the Industrial Workers of the World. He describes Charlie's death in the arms of his partner, a Danish seaman who worked as a labourer on White Bay power station.

1 x 90 min. cassette, c. 45 mins.

Subjects:

Politics and government
Academic
History

Names:

Burgmann, Verity, FASS, Adjunct Professor of Politics

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