Interview with Jack McLaren [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret McPherson
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AuthorMcLaren, John (Jack) Cram, 1922 -; McPherson, MargaretDescriptionFamily came to WA after 1925 as part of the Group Settlement Scheme near Margaret River -- Failure -- Office boy with Grieve & Piper -- Spotter on the wharf -- Fumigation shed -- Working for Shell -- WW II in the Navy -- Silo wireless station -- Relief clerk after the war -- Shipping Department -- Shipping agents and companies in Fremantle at the time -- Tankers -- Bunkering -- Tariff duties -- North Wharf operations -- Changes on the waterfront after Kwinana -- Sitting on committees -- Competition between companies -- Retirement at 55 -- Leisure activitiesImprintFremantle, W.A. : LHC, 1998Collation2 cassette tapes ( 120 mn) + guide to contents (3 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1998NotesPart of the Shell Company Australia Oral History Project to commemorate 100 years of the Companys involvement in Western Australia. The interviews were taped as a joint project with Fremantle City Council Library See attached note (3 p.) from interviewer. -- Support material : "The Shell Co of Australia Ltd / written by J.C. McLaren" [ 12 leaves]. -- For a detailed history of the Shell company, refer to : "Fifty years in Western Australia : 1908-1958 : Shell Golden Jubilee Book : a story of continued expansion / written and edited by Frank A. Bird" -- [also held by LHC]Dewey ClassOH/MCLAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemNo
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McLaren, John (Jack) Cram, 1922 -; McPherson, Margaret, Interview with Jack McLaren [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret McPherson. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 14/12/2025, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/9421
