P18-19 - Interview with Mary Symonds, Sydney,, 19 November 1996

Component identifier:

File P18-19

Extent:

1 x 90 min. + 1 x 60 min. cassettes, c. 120 minutes

Content Summary:

Mary Symonds was the daughter of Tom Glynn, editor of the Industrial Workers of the World newspaper Direct Action. Mary describes the trauma she experienced as a child when he was imprisoned for 5 years as one of the Sydney Twelve charged with treason-felony in 1916. She made contact with me after the publication of my book on the IWW, anxious to tell me about her father's dreadful experiences with the justice system.

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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