- Title
- Jack and Jean Horner talking about Jessie Street [sound recording] / Interviewer : Peter Read.
- Repository
- National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- Reference
- ORAL TRC 2303/32
- Date Range
- 28 February 1989
- Description
Jack and Jean Horner talk of meeting Jessie Street; her knowledge of aborigines; discriminatory clauses in the Act; the referendum; petitions organised by the Federal Council; Jessie's family history and involvement with the local aborigines; the Feminist Club; refuge at Glenville; how Jessie organised practical ways to help women; the first FCAATSI conference; Doug Nicholl's refusal to speak on the same platform with Jessie; Jessie's links with the establishment; feminist support for the Federal Council; Jessie's concern for the living conditions of aborigines; Jessie's definiteness about what she wanted and how it should be done; the Melbourne Conference at the Temperance Association; aboriginal affairs and the U.N.; Jessie's bluntness; resistance to political parties by the Fellowship.
- Formats
- Tape Reels
- Quantity
- 2 tape reels (0.7 m)
- Access
- Written permission required from Dr Read for research and public use.


