Interview with Phyllis Frances Lee, nurse, interviewed by Chris Jeffery
Nurse, polio outbreak in 1947.
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Interview with Godfrey Wright, interviewed by Kevin Barry
Polio sufferer talks about his work selling newspapers, the Depression, his charitable work and work as a J.P.
Interview with Delci Lyon, interviewed by Betty Leonard
Red Cross worker, discusses the polio vaccine program.
Interview with John Gidney, interviewed by Nancy McKenzie
Discusses his career with the Midland Workshop, that began in 1946, as a cleaner then a fireman. However he contracted polio in 1954 and was on sick leave for nine months.
Interview with Kip Seymour, interviewed by Helen Byles
Born1906, died 1991. Childhood background, contracted polio.
Interview with Lloyd Fathers, interviewed by L. Diepeveen
Born 1902, died 1990. History of the town, early firms, the Fire Brigade, local Aboriginal people, polio, his family etc.
Interview with Guy Joseph Livingstone Hamilton, interviewed by John Bannister
Born in England 1923, within a family of doctors, Guy Hamilton became a medical practitioner. Youngest son born with deafness and cerebral palsy. In 1956 contracted polio after applying for position at the Spastic Centre. Interviewed in hospital, accepted for the post and migrated with his family in 1957. Spastic Centre for 4 years.
Interview with Brenda Joy Lake, interviewed by John Bannister
Brenda was born Brenda Fountain, at Tresillian Hospital Nedlands, W.A., in 1937. She grew up in Nedlands, contracting Polio in 1944, which she survived after hospitalisation. Her recovery was long- eventually she had a knee splint to help her walk. Indirectly this influenced her to become a physiotherapist; she was accepted into the Physio course at UWA in 1955.
Interview with Val Cearns in 2006-2007, interviewed by Geraldine Byrne
Born 1933, contracted polio in 1948. Law Society of Western Australia
Jan Lord Interview, 31 March 2015, 21 April 2015 and 6 May 2015
Marjorie Wheeler
Transcript available online
Dennis Tom Hardy Oral History
Violet Butler interviewed by Frances Rush
1913-2012
Bernie O'Grady interviewed by Frances Rush
Born 1944
Tricia Malowney interviewed by Frances Rush
Born 1954
Rebecca Round interviewed by Frances Rush
Born 1930
Phyllis Hendley interviewed by Frances Rush
Born 1936
Peter Willcocks interviewed by Frances Rush
Born 1950
Molly Free interviewed by Frances Rush
Born 1934
Mary Westbrook interviewed by Frances Rush
Born 1937