Roy Scragg interviewed by Jon Ritchie in the Australians in Papua New Guinea (PNG) 1942-1975 oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4352212
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Scragg, R. F. R. (Roy Frederick Rhodes), 1924-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 2 sound files (ca. 128 min.)
- Series:
- Australians in Papua New Guinea (PNG) 1942-1975 oral history project.
- Summary:
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Roy Scragg born 1924, in N.Z., speaks about his family background; the move to Australia (1930); his medical training, graduating (1946); his decision to go as medical officer to New Guinea (1947); his marriage; his further medical studies; positions held in PNG; diseases; state of population, post-war to 1960; expanding curative services, child health, hospitals and aid posts; sulphonamides, penicillin and anti-malarials; the flu epidemic (1969); University of Papua New Guinea Medical School; World Health Organisation fellowships; Malaria eradication programs country-wide; reductions in tuberculosis, leprosy; problems facing Papua New Guinea from Independence; the arrival of AIDS; his role as member of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly; Bougainville; epidemiological culture in New Guinea; infertility studies; declining population factors in Papua; the Australian Epidemiological Association; Seventh day Adventists; the decision to move to Adelaide (1974) having bought a house (1968); becoming Director of Postgraduate Medical Committee; the subject of his Masters' thesis; his retirement (1982); the purchase of two private hospitals; writing his doctoral thesis; plans for future writing.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on March 18, 2008 at Glenelg, S. Aust.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (7 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Doctors
- Other authors/contributors:
- Ritchie, Jonathan, 1961-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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