Chris O'Connor and Pat Whitten interviewed by James Waites for the Australian response to AIDS oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 648619
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- O'Connor, Chris, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1993 May 21
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 84 min.)
- Series:
- Australian response to AIDS oral history project
- Summary:
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Sisters Chris O'Connor and Pat Whitten, AIDS carers, McKillop House, Newcastle, New South Wales, describe the establishment of, and their association with, McKillop House, a residential support house for people with HIV/AIDS, commenting on: religious background of House staff; relationship with gay people; participation in Newcastle gay community; Carrington community reaction to establishment of an AIDS hostel; coping with deaths; burnout; confidentiality; family support; medical backup; nutrition; drug & alcohol free house rules; personal growth.
- Notes:
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- Part of a project undertaken jointly by the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations and the National Library of Australia focussing on the social and political response in Australia to AIDS.
- Recorded at McKillop House, Newcastle, N.S.W. on 21 May 1993.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 23 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- O'Connor, Chris -- Interviews
- Whitten, Pat -- Interviews
- McKillop House (Carrington, N.S.W.)
- Nuns -- New South Wales -- Newcastle -- Interviews
- Community health aides -- New South Wales -- Newcastle -- Interviews
- HIV-positive persons -- Care -- New South Wales -- Newcastle
- Church work with the sick -- New South Wales -- Newcastle
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This belongs to the Australian response to AIDS oral history project.
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