Stephen Irons interviewed by Garry Sturgess in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5758686
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Irons, Stephen, 1958-, 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
- 1 sound file (ca. 93 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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Steve Irons speaks about his early childhood in Melbourne; his family background and siblings; being placed in a babies' home in Camberwell, Vic. (aged 6-12 months), two other siblings placed in care at the same time; reconnecting with his father; father's history; his foster family; his involvement with the Esther Foundation in Perth; his earliest memories are after arriving at Irons household; visiting the CLAN (Care Leavers Australian Network) Museum; Malcolm Turnbull's Forgotten Australians speech; his foster parents background; the commitment and sacrifice of his foster family; his 'Dix' family traits and biological family; his foster siblings; discipline; his teenage years and apprenticeship; moving out of home aged 18; his second marriage (2011); the disconnection from family as the main theme of Forgotten Australians, including U.K. and Maltese child migrants; the repercussions of life in institutions; finding his biological family, siblings; his foster family's Christian values, respect for elders, family and others; A.F.L. recruitment criteria; his election to Parliament (2007) as a Liberal Party member; Leonie Sheedy; Andrew Murray (ex-Senator); being honest about his background; being a single father; being in Parliament for the Apology to Indigenous Australians.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 24 November 2011 at Parliament House, Canberra, A.C.T.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Politicians
- Other authors/contributors:
- Sturgess, Garry, interviewer
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- 2011
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