Hugh Dixson oral history interview by John Murphy, 13 June 2016
Hugh Dixson oral history interview by John Murphy, 13 June 2016
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13 June 2016
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1 audio file (52 min.) - digital, WAV
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Hugh Dixson shares some of his childhood memories of growing up on a farm in Castle Hill, and, the way, as a child, he remembers Sir William Dixson. Hugh Dixson recounts the events following Sir William Dixson's death, with a focus on the management of the collection and the transfer of material to the Public Library (the State Library of New South...
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Hugh Dixson oral history interview by John Murphy, 13 June 2016
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Recorded at Studio 301, Alexandria, Sydney on the 13 June 2016.
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Purchased from John Murphy, June 2016
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Hugh Dixson is the great-grandson of the same name emigrated in the 1800's. He is also the nephew of one of the State Library’s greatest benefactors, Sir William Dixson who donated pictures for the Dixson Gallery and bequeathed his collection of books and manuscripts to form the Dixson Library.
John Murphy is an independent curator based in...
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9Bv6j4L9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9Bv6j4L9
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1001811
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