Arthur Whittaker interviewed by Sue Anderson in the Bringing them home oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2710320
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Whittaker, Arthur, 1935-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 2001
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 89 min.)
- Series:
- Bringing them home oral history project.
- Summary:
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Whittaker, a champion football player and Indigenous adopted child, speaks about his Aboriginal mother and his father, a station owner. He was raised in Perth by his father's wife and had almost no contact with his father. He became a champion footballer and moved to Melbourne in his early 20s to play professionally for Footscray. Following his retirement from football in 1970, he settled in Adelaide and worked as an insurance salesman until 1993. He first realised he was adopted when he applied for his birth certificate and received two, one with his birth mother's name and the other with his adoptive mother's name. He describes meeting his birth mother who was already blind and who had had all of her children taken from her. Whittaker discusses his work with Aboriginal footballers and his views on the policy of removal.
- Notes:
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this recording may contain names and voices of deceased persons.
- Recorded on Oct. 10, 2001 in Adelaide, S. Aust.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-218466745
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and corrected transcript (typescript, 42 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Anderson, Sue (Sue Ellen), 1952-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Bringing them home oral history project.
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2001
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