| Bib ID |
648600 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. |
| Description |
1992 Sept. 15-17
9 tape reels ; 7 in.
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| Series |
Australian response to AIDS oral history project
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| Summary |
Tapes 1-3. Plummer, a specialist in sexual health, comments on a series of slides illustrating the history of sexually transmitted diseases and homosexuality, from early atitudes to syphilis, through pathologicalisation of homosexuality, to contemporary AIDS posters and slogans. Tapes 4-9. Plummer discusses his first awareness of AIDS as a disease; response of medical profession; early HIV testing; Sydney/Melbourne response to the disease; Victorian AIDS Council; ANZAAS AIDS information session; Gay Men's Community Health Centre; AIDS delegation to Africa, 1986/87; non-reappointment to his research position; gay power & AIDS movement; HIV hospital discrimination; Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations; AIDS in Australia book; Venereology journal; press liaison; Sexually Speaking radio program; venereology courses; AFAO resignation; family background; gay politics; children & homosexual relationships; Australian AIDS campaign; Blewett; bureaucratisation of AIDS; Aust. influence on international AIDS approach; outing; the term 'gay'; AIDS disclosure; heterosexual involvement in gay community; and comments on the contributions of other individuals in the Australian response to AIDS.
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| Notes |
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.
Transcript unavailable.
Preservation, working duplicate and cassette copies made.
Recorded in Sydney, N.S.W. between 15 and 17 September 1992.
Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;
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| Subjects |
Plummer, David, - 1957- - Interviews. | Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations. | Physicians - Australia - Interviews. | Sexually transmitted diseases in art - History. | AIDS (Disease) - Australia - Prevention. | AIDS (Disease) - Government policy - Australia. | AIDS (Disease) - Political aspects. | HIV infections - Victoria.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Harris, Stewart, 1922-1994, Interviewer | National Library of Australia | Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
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| Related records |
Australian response to AIDS oral history project
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