Series Series A - Interviews with World War One Light Horse veterans

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UQFL628-Series A

Title

Interviews with World War One Light Horse veterans

Date(s)

  • 1986-1987 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

11 audiocassettes

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Name of creator

(1954 -)

Biographical history

Emeritus Professor Paul Turnbull is a cultural historian with expertise in the use of information technologies in historical research and online publication of its outcomes. He is internationally known for his research on the collecting and uses of the bodily remains of Indigenous peoples in the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. He has an international reputation in digital humanities. Professor Turnbull was Professor of History at James Cook University from 1990 to 2002, Professor of History and Head of the School of Arts, Media and Culture at Griffith University from 2004 to 2009, Professor of e-History at the University of Queensland from 2009 to 2014, and Professor of Digital Humanties and History at the University of Tasmania from 2014 to 2017.

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Scope and content

Recordings of interviews with World War One Light Horse veterans Ronald Ellwood and A.H. (Harry) Tones. The interview with Ellwood was conducted in Kingaroy by Paul Turnbull. Ellwood speaks about his enlistment and service in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, and his return to civilian life in Queensland and the challenges of reintegration. The interview with Harry Tones was conducted in Townsville by Paul Turnbull and C. Edmondson. Tones recounts aspects of his military service in the 11th Light Horse 4th Brigade, and of his return to civilian life in North Queensland.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

The interview with Ellwood spans eight audiocassettes. In the transfer to digital format the recordings have been reduced to four sound files. The interview with Tones spans three audiocassettes reduced to one sound file. Both interviews roughly follow the chronlogical sequence of events associated with the men's service and return to civilian life

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

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Copyright applies.

Language of material

  • English

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Original recordings are stored on analogue audiocassettes which cannot be accessed for preservation reasons. Access to content is via digital audio files.

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Box 1.

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Status

Final

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation revision deletion

Created, JR, 30-May-2021

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Physical storage

  • Box: UQFL628 Box 1