• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH003537

Amirah Inglis interviewed by Peter Biskup [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 2617
  • Date Range 6-Aug-90 - 6-Aug-90
  • Description

    2 sound tape reels (ca. 102 min.) Amirah Inglis, author, school teacher and former member of the Communist Party, speaks of her family background of Polish Jews; visiting Poland in 1970s; her father’s communist beliefs; her Jewish identity; her autobiography; her early interest in Communism; her relationship with the Communist Party; her husband’s expulsion from the Communist Party; leaving the Communist Party; living in Papua New Guinea; ASIO; reflects on her years in the Communist Party; and talks about her writing.

  • Access Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.

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  • Primary Creator
    • Inglis, Amirah (1926 - 2015)