• Title
  Item 1: David Abello interview by Louise Darmody
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  9 August 2022
• Type of material
  Oral Histories, Nonmusical Sound Recordings
• Reference code
  9669547
• Physical Description
  1 audio file (2 hr. 25 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  David Abello discusses his family background and his upbringing, and the impact of growing up being queer on his schooling and career. He talks about his work supporting the disability and LGBTIQA+ communities for 30 years with various organisations including Gaywaves Gay Radio Collective, Active Job Services, People With Disability Australia, which he was President from 2018-2020. Abello speaks about the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras event and provides a detailed account of the first parade in 1978, and the mistreatment of gay people by the police in the 1980s. He also reflects on his return to education as a public servant to complete his Honors degree, and then a Doctorate at University of Technology, Ultimo, New South Wales.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, on 9 August 2022
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Abello, David Patricia
  
• Subject
  Abello, David Patricia--Interviews.
  Social workers--New South Wales.
  People with disabilities--Interviews.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20553180

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