Murray McLachlan interviewed by James Waites in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5216554
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- McLachlan, Murray, 1954-, interviewee
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- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 3 sound files (ca. 295 min.)
- Series:
- Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras oral history project.
- Summary:
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Murray McLachlan talks about his official connections to Mardi Gras (MG); serving on the committee and his presidency at MG; his family; his childhood; his schooling and education; his career as a teacher; his first participation in Parade; the history of Cronulla Gay Group (CGG); his relationships; his involvement in building MG floats; the impact and his interest in music; club culture; gender representation and the leadership of MG Committee; moving the dates from winter to summer; the meeting at Unicorn Hotel, Paddington; leadership changes; the impact of the AIDS epidemic on MG; MG’s relationship with the NSW Police Force; the Oxford Street party culture; history of drugs in Sydney; MG Party and Sleaze Ball; Annual General Meetings at MG; his role in outreaching to women; story of the name change from Mardi Gras to Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Inc.; parades during his presidency; his favourite floats; crowd numbers; media; volunteers and paid staff; MG income and expenditure; safe-sex message; Chain Reaction; first female president Cath Phillips; Annual General Meeting (AGM) introduced; Australia's Bicentenary celebrations, 1988; Committee and Workshop; Reverend Fred Nile; how MG changed his life; the collapse of MG in 2002; Membership and New Constitution; current leadership from AIDS Council of NSW (ACON); employment in Gosford; MG’s long term role.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 21 and 28 May, 9 July 2011 in Sydney, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (13 p.)
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Waites, James, 1955-2014, interviewer
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