| Bib ID |
5350493 |
| Format |
Audio, Online [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
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| Online Access |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
2011
2 sound files (ca. 111 min.)
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| Series |
Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project.
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| Technical Details |
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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| Summary |
Kevin Cunningham, born in Perth (1939), discusses his family background; schooling and sports played; Technical College and an apprenticeship; a car accident and injuries (1957); having his legs amputated; Shenton Park Rehabilitation Centre; rehabilitation exercises; becoming aware of wheelchair sports; being encouraged by a doctor to play sports; learning to use crutches; winning events at the Shenton Park Hospital Day Events (1958-1960); a description of wheelchairs for basketball; various employments including with car companies and a sheet metal company; the beginnings of the Australian Paralympic movement; fundraising and the Rome Paralympic Games (1960); the Perth Paraplegic Commonwealth Games (1962); not attending the Tokyo Paralympic Games (1964); the Jamaica Paraplegic Games (1966); marriage (1966); children; Tel Aviv Paralympic Games (1968); the Stoke Mandeville Tel Aviv Games (1968).
Cunningham discusses the Edinburgh Commonwealth Paraplegic Games (1970); involvement in a community Cricket Club; the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled, Hobart; various events competed in and medals won; other athletes, managers and trainers; influences and great Paralympians; injury and retirement (1979); establishing the W.A. Wheelchair Association Seniors Group; the Australian Paralympic Committee; declining an invitation to the Sydney Paralympic Games (2000); attending a reunion for the 1960 Sydney Paralympics (2010); social attitudes towards people with a disability; his vision for Paralympic sports in the future; his plans for his future.
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| Notes |
Recorded on 8 June 2011 in Lakelands, W.A.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (5 p.) available. |
| Subjects |
Cunningham, Kevin, - 1939- - Interviews. | Paralympics. | Athletes with disabilities - Australia. | Basketball players - Australia - Interviews.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Jobling, Ian F, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project
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