Mel Pratt Mel Pratt i(A70779 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon [Interview with Edgar Holt, Journalist, Author] Mel Pratt (interviewer), 1978 Z1098025 1978 single work interview
1 y separately published work icon Interview with Leslie Haylen, Politician, Journalist Mel Pratt (interviewer), Dulwich Hill : 1976 Z990100 1976 single work interview Haylen speaks about his early life at Amungula, near Sutton; origin of his family name; Dame Mary Gilmore, a family friend; army service during World War I; his anti-war views; working as a journalist at Sunday Times, Sydney Sun and Women's Weekly; his play Two Minutes' Silence; serving as member for Parkes, 1943 to 1963; impact of Petrov Affair; Arthur Calwell; Eddie Ward; Ben Chifley; 1949 coal strike; Justin O'Byrne; Nelson Lemmon; Don Cameron; practical joke played on Billy Wentworth; presentation of Cook journal to National Library; his opposition to state aid for Catholic schools; losing his seat. Pratt recites Haylen poems: Parkes 1963; Chifley's Grave.
1 y separately published work icon Interview with Alexander Hugh Chisholm, Journalist Mel Pratt (interviewer), 1972 Z1641085 1972 single work interview 'Mr Chisholm discusses his early interest in nature; his early career in journalism; the Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser, Victoria; the 1917 conscription riots; Queensland politics; T. H. Ryan; E. G. Theodore; Frank Forde; Lamington National Park; Bernard O'Reilly; E. J. Banfield; the Atrichornis; paradise parrot; Sir Matthew Nathan; Edward, Prince of Wales; Conan Doyle; limitation of fauna for the American Museum of Natural History; Institute of Journalists, Sydney; Lady de Chair; Sir Philip Game; Admiral Evans; Nellie Stewart; Jack Idriess; Dr H. V. Evatt; animals for the British Museum; Sir Hubert Wilkins; Billy Hughes; Artie Fadden as mimic; Lady Gowrie; demise of the Argus; Hitler; John Gould; Sir Keith Murdoch; Duke of Gloucester; the Australian Encyclopedia.' (Source: LibrariesAustralia)
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