- Entry type: Resource
- Entry ID: AWH003835
Jill Hellyer interviewed by Ann-Mari Jordens in the Public lending right oral history project [sound recording]
- Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- Reference ORAL TRC 5060
- Date Range 9-Dec-03 - 9-Dec-03
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Description
4 digital audio tapes (ca. 192 min.) Jill Hellyer, writer and founding member of the Australian Society of Authors, speaks about her experiences as an author; her role in the foundation of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) (1963); the role of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) in Sydney, N.S.W., which she joined in 1944; ASA developing an interest in the Public Lending Right Scheme (PLR) (1967); her role in the administration of the PLR; prominent personalities involved in the campaign for the PLR; her role as secretary, ASA (ca.1967-1971); the interest of politicans in the PLR scheme.
- Access Access open for research, personal copies and public use for tapes 1 and 2. Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use of tapes 3 and 4 from her executor.
- Finding Aid Timed summary (9 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 59 leaves).