Interview with James Albert Dix [oral history] / / interviewer: John Clements
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AuthorDix, James Albert, 1915 - 2001; Clements, JohnDescriptionInterview with James Albert Dix. Born Suffolk Street 9/8/1915. Mother (widow) cleaned South Terrace School for 19 years, to support family -- Father died of Miner's Typhus -- Left school 1929, casual work -- Joined Waterside Worker's Federation 1944 -- Bullring -- Conditions on waterfront -- Power of foreman Stevedores -- Coal -- Wages -- Family life -- Leisure activities as a child -- Experiences during World War II -- Jim Healy -- Ossie (Dom) Cook -- On Executive of Waterside Workers Federation for 30 years -- Treasurer 15/16 years -- Changes on waterfrontImprint1981Collation1 CDLanguageEnglishDate Published1981NotesSee also archive box of papers relating to the Waterside Workers Federation at A/Box No. 68.; Interview conducted by John Clements on 2nd November 1981 Transcription by: John Clements? Access: Open Transcript includedContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL:Photocopies of: Newspaper clippings: "Jim Dix retires", "Director and Chairman of Loan Council, Jim Dix, J.P.", "Fremantle's Jim Dix honoured", "Orphans' day at Pt Peron" (3 leaves) ; Certificate of the award of the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division [James Albert Dix] (1 leaf); See also: Fremantle City Library Local History Collection B/DIX [pamphlet file]Dewey ClassOH/DIXAudio FormatCDDigital ItemYes
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Dix, James Albert, 1915 - 2001; Clements, John, Interview with James Albert Dix [oral history] / / interviewer: John Clements. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 15/11/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9216
