Gregory Hartung interviewed by Robin Poke for the Sport oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4350811
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hartung, Gregory, 1948-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research, personal copies, and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 2 sound files (ca. 97 min.)
- Series:
- Sport oral history project.
- Summary:
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Greg Hartung, discusses his family background; early deaths of parents; Legacy assisting him and two older siblings raise themselves; father's insurance policies pay for home; schooling, sports played; regrets not realising fully his rugby ability; Arts and Journalism degree; cadet journalist for Courier Mail; first assignment to interview a pig; from cadet to graded journalist The Australian Queensland Edition; working in politics and sports journalism; marries Maureen, 1974; moves to Canberra, 1975; John Brown; Australian Sports Commission; Australian Institute of Sport; Confederation of Australian Sport; the culture of professional sport administration at that time; sports funding and strategic planning; disability sport; Sydney Paralympic Games; Channel 7 withdraw from televising; ratings success for ABC; South Pacific Paralympic Committee; relationship between Australian Olympic Committee and Australian Paralympic Committee; views on future of Australian sport; government funding; associating sport with a bigger government portfolio; he feels he is more effective in international than national forums.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 19 February, 2008, at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
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- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 67 leaves)
- Timed summary (6 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Sports administrators
- Other authors/contributors:
- Poke, Robin, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Sport oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2008
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