Peter Evans interviewed by Susan Marsden in the Australian generations oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5972551
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Evans, Peter, 1957-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 3 sound files (ca. 254 min.)
- Series:
- Australian generations oral history project.
- Summary:
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Peter Evans talks about his family background; his childhood in suburban Adelaide; childhood adventures; childhood games and sports; father's work at General Motors Holden; family cars; siblings; religion; his education; dyslexia; his interest in science; grandparents; family trips with caravan; family’s health; family meals; witnessing an accident when a cadet (c1969) the later impact on him; his anti-war activism; joining Young Labor; nurse training and life in Royal Adelaide Nurses' Home; sexuality; the gay subculture in Adelaide (a focal point of gay life in Australia after decriminalisation); moving to and life in Sydney in 1970s; work and non-work after nurse training; life on the dole; relationships; the drug culture; the gay exodus to Sydney (1980s); participating in gay activism; resuming his nursing career and nurse training at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Narcotics Anonymous (NA); Brett Whiteley; punk subculture in Adelaide (1970s); the impact of HIV/AIDS in the community; moving to London (1933) after spending two years in Jeddah working for the National Guard hospital; Gulf War; working at Phoenix House (U.K.) an institution set up for intravenous drug users with HIV; sick building syndrome; his first episodes of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
Evans discusses his decision to return to Australia; Kangaroo Island; exclusion diet; resuming work in Adelaide (AIDS Council and nursing); the return of his illness which curtailed his working life; the differences between cultures working as a nurse in hospitals and at the AIDS Council; life with his present partner (since 1996); being permanently disabled with MCS since 2000; his personal crisis offering him a vocation; meetings with MPs, arranging rallies and convening the South Australian Task Force on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; the Inquiry into MCS by the South Australian Parliament's Social Development Committee and recommendations; the opposition of the medical mainstream, including against public education; MCS Reference Group; World Health Organization; his submission to the National Casemix Classification Centre; the significant and key events and influences in his life; changes over his lifetime and dealing with chronic illness; his identification as a late Baby boomer and with the younger generation; commonalities and differences between his and his parents' generation and the younger generation; the main challenges faced by his generation.
- Notes:
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- Catalogue record generated as part of a batch load.
- Recorded on 26 October 2011 in Burnside, S. Aust.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Detailed summary (9 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Marsden, Susan, 1952-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian generations oral history project.
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- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1986
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