• Title
  Item 1: Jill Sykes interview by Vincent Plush
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  20 May 2022
• Type of material
  Oral Histories, Nonmusical Sound Recordings
• Reference code
  9673892
• Physical Description
  4 audio files (3 hr., 1 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Jill Sykes talks about her family background including her French ancestry, her paternal grandfather Sir Lloyd Dumas, Editor and Managing Director of the Advertiser and co-founder of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts, and her upbringing in Adelaide, South Australia. She discusses her career working in media including The Advertiser, London evening news, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), and later becoming the Arts Editor at the SMH, mainly focusing on dance. Sykes discusses in detail the arts culture in Australia, including the growth of the Sydney Dance Company, Adelaide Festival of the Arts, and her approach to reviewing and critiquing dance and the arts.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, on 20 May 2022
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Sykes, Jill (Jillian)
  
• Subject
  Sykes, Jill (Jillian)--Interviews.
  Dance--Australia.
  Journalism--Australia.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20607689

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