Stephen Allkins interviewed by James Waites in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5399767
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Allkins, Stephen, 1960-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 2 sound files (ca. 151 min.)
- Series:
- Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras oral history project.
- Summary:
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Stephen Allkins talks about his early involvement with the Mardi Gras (MG) as a DJ; his childhood memories growing up in outer western Sydney; his schooling; sexuality; his parents and siblings; how the early MG were about human rights, as well as Gay rights; witnessing the evolution of Darlinghurst; influences on his music tastes; the first MG parade(1978); the MG leadership take over in the early 1980s; the origins of his DJ career; working in Sydney clubs; the impact of AIDS on the community; the MG after parties; the evolvement of the MG (-2012); Gay marriage; Gay &Lesbian Rights Lobby; his life after 35 years of DJ-ing;
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 28 June 2011 in Sydney, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (7 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 82 leaves).
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Waites, James, 1955-2014, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2011
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