Interview with John Trezise Tonkin, Premier of W.A. / by D. Graham Part 12

Summary

Family background; father's interest in politics; living conditions; sporting activities; school life; Claremont Teachers' College; teaching at Edjudina; Forrest Grove; Group Settlement; Yallingup; conditions for teachers; salary; social life; entry into politics, 1933; involvement in Slow Learning Children's Group; Minister in Wise and Willcocks governments; view on Aboriginals; segregation of Aboriginals in schools; marriage to Rosie Cleghorn; scholarship system; political experiences; SP betting; Conscription issue; Pelmanism memory training; Minister for Education; improvements in schools; Collier's health; strength of state caucus; State Governors; political experiences; State Housing Commission rents; Douglas credit; fluoridation issue; Tronado machines; Dr Holt; mistakes in Parliament; redistribution of electoral boundaries; Labor Party Catholic influence; 1955 split; private enterprise; uniform taxation; centralism; Federalism; Abattoir Board dispute; iron ore development in Pilbara; Goldworthy and Hamersley; Lang Hancock; Charles Court; standard of debate in Parliament; standards of morality; comprehensive water supply; conflict with Brand; Electoral Districts Acts; Grants Commission; Royal Commissions; Point Walter Bridge; Willagee housing; State Aid; abortion; Narrows Bridge; Joe Chamberlain; remarriage in 1970; retirement from politics.