File 3: Gordon McCarthy interview by Neil James, 5 August 1999
File 3: Gordon McCarthy interview by Neil James, 5 August 1999
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Date
5 August 1999
Call Numbers
MLOH 875/8-9
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2 sound cassettes (2 hrs)
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Restricted
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Copyright status : In copyright
Copyright holder : Neil James and interviewee
Rights and Restrictions Information : Written permission required from Gordon McCarthy for research, personal use and public use
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
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Contents
Gordon McCarthy provides an insight into a critical period in Australian publishing history: the takeover and restructuring of Angus & Robertson (A&R) during the 1970s. He talks about his career as a corporate accountant and consultant; joining Gordon Barton's Tjuringa Securities; organising the takeover of A&R; his appointment as executive directo...
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File 3: Gordon McCarthy interview by Neil James, 5 August 1999
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Original cassette numbers AR119-AR120
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Gordon McCarthy was executive director of Angus & Robertson from 1970 to 1972. A corporate accountant and businessman, he had been involved in professional accounting and corporate consulting in Sydney, London and Pittsburgh in the 1960s. On returning to Australia in 1970, he joined Gordon Barton's Tjuringa Securities and spent the next two years o...
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MLOH 875/8-9
Record Identifier
1DrNADR9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1DrNADR9
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9630276
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