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Protecting Australian women from American jazz: the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry

  • Written by Henry Reese, Research Assistant, University of Melbourne
Protecting Australian women from American jazz: the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry'For the sake of the husbands, wouldn't it be better if these records were kept out of Australia?' Shutterstock

The 1927 Tariff Board inquiry into the import duty on gramophone records coming into Australia was about more than industry protection.

In fact the piano roll industry, which might be expected to be the one most concerned about the impact...

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