Denis Hayden interviewed by Criena Fitzgerald in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5713015
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hayden, Denis, 1953-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 12 sound files (ca. 662 min.)
- Series:
- Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Denis Hayden, born in 1953, discusses his family background and early memories; being placed in foster care in Capel, W.A.; his foster parents; other boys; the house and sleeping arrangements; food and hunger; chores; his relationship with his brother; punishments and abuse; his love of schooling and reading; friends and teachers; neighbours; visits from Child Welfare; holidays; Christmases; smoking; reporting his mistreatment; running away from care; Longmore Detention Centre; the kindness of staff at Longmore; learning to cook; Mt Lawley Receiving Home; daily routine and chores; food; the dormitory; injury and abuse; his relationship with girls; runaways; being placed with foster families; being adopted; learning about farm work; leaving school; various employments; visiting Perth.
Hayden discusses relationships and marriages; meeting his biological parents; children and parenting; employment as a police officer (1976); experiences from his career as a police officer; traffic policing and the Breath Analysis Unit; police corruption; job stressors and dangers; divorce and its impact on his children; buying land; accidents and injuries; issues in regard to compensation and support; beginning to discuss his childhood with others; obtaining his personal records; gardening; working for the Police Union; working of Internal Affairs; police welfare and integrity; working as a Local Councillor; his feelings about the Apology; his desire to improve the lives of children; the ongoing impact of his childhood experiences; his support network and friends; religion and his philosophies on life.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 7, 8, 18 and 21 June, 4 and 23 July and 24 August 2011 in Perth, W.A.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (20 p.) available.
- Subject:
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- Hayden, Denis, 1953- -- Interviews
- Longmore Detention Centre (Longmore, W.A.) -- History
- Mt Lawley Receiving Home (Mt Lawley, W.A.) -- History
- Children -- Institutional care -- Western Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Children -- Institutional care -- Western Australia -- Psychological aspects
- Police -- Australia -- Interviews
- Occupation:
- Police officers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Fitzgerald, Criena, interviewer
- Related Records:
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- Until 2081 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2011
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