Kevin Bawden interviewed by Mick Fogarty in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project
- Bib ID:
- 6414489
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Bawden, Kevin, 1946-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2013 December 13
- 1 sound file (approximately 113 min.)
- Series:
- Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project.
- Summary:
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Kevin Bawden speaks about his early childhood and family background; contracting polio; his education; marriage; playing sport; wheel chair sports; entering competitions; funding for disability sport; selection for the Paralympics Games for archery; his gold medal for shooting at the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games; representing Australia at the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (FESPIC); representing Australia in four Paralympic Games; the public profile of the Paralympics; parental support; the Wheelchair Sports Association of South Australia; his career in sports administration; the Australian Paralympic Committee; sports funding; influential people in the advancement of disability sport in Australia; disabled athletes; the future integration of abled and disabled athletes.
- Notes:
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- The Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project is a joint project being conducted by the National Library of Australia and the Australian Paralympic Committee.
- Recorded on 13 December 2013 in Adelaide, South Australia.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 pages) and 53 page uncorrected transcript.
- Subject:
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- Bawden, Kevin, 1946- -- Interviews
- FESPIC Games
- Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
- Paralympic Games
- Wheelchair Sports Association of South Australia
- Executives -- South Australia -- Interviews
- Athletes with disabilities -- South Australia
- Shooting for people with disabilities -- Australia
- Sports for people with disabilities -- Australia
- Occupation:
- Executives.
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