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ABC Radio (Australia). Social History Unit interview with Edgardo Simoni conducted by Daniel Connell...

ABC Radio (Australia). Social History Unit interview with Edgardo Simoni conducted by Daniel Connell...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVdpeOn

ABC Radio (Australia). Social History Unit interview with Edgardo Simoni conducted by Daniel Connell, 1986

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Full title

ABC Radio (Australia). Social History Unit interview with Edgardo Simoni conducted by Daniel Connell, 1986

Date

1986

Call Numbers

MLOH 147/1-7

Record Identifier

1kVdpeOn

Reference Code

920307

Language

English

Physical Description

Contents

7 sound tape reels (3hr. 14 min.) - analogue

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Level of description

Fonds

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Copying Conditions

Copyright status : In copyright

Research & study copies allowed : Permission from the ABC must be sought if the interview is to be broadcast or played publicly

Physical Access Conditions

Master only. For access to this oral history collection please submit your request through Ask a Librarian

Finding aids

Italians in New South Wales : a guide to archives in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales / compiled by James Andrighetti. Sydney : State Library of NSW Press, 1995

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Full title

ABC Radio (Australia). Social History Unit interview with Edgardo Simoni conducted by Daniel Connell, 1986

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

An edited version of this interview was produced for a program, ‘Le Volpe (The Fox)’ broadcast on ABC Radio National. An audio cassette tape of this program is located at RAV/Tape 1/657.

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by ABC (Australia), Social History Unit, 1994

Administrative / Biographical history

Edgardo Simoni (1916-1987), La Volpe (The Fox), achieved notoriety as an escapee when he was a prisoner of war in Australia during World War II. Born in Lucca, Tuscany, Simoni grew up in a Catholic middle-class family in Padua, Veneto. He attended a military academy and realised his ambition of becoming an officer in the Royal Italian Army. Loyal t...

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MLOH 147/1-7

Record Identifier

1kVdpeOn

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1kVdpeOn

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Reference code

920307

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