Listen to Australian Paralympic stories Key participants in the Australian Paralympic Movement have recorded their stories with the National Library of Australia, as part of a joint project with the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies. To find out about all the interviews in this series go to the National Library of Australian catalogue .
Listen to the project's first eight interviews with competitors at the inaugural Paralympics held in Rome in September 1960.
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listen nowKevin Coombs OAM interviewed by Robin Poke, 4 August 2009 |
Photograph of Daphne Hilton, 1960 |
listen nowDaphne Hilton (nee Ceeney) interviewed by Robin Poke, 6 August 2010. |
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Photograph of Bill Mather-Brown, 1962 |
listen nowBill Mather-Brown interviewed by Robin Poke, 3 June 2010 |
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Photograph of Frank Ponta, circa 1960 |
listen nowFrank Ponta interviewed by Robin Poke, 4 June 2010. |
Photograph of Gary Hooper by Olya Willis, 2010. |
listen nowGary Hooper interviewed by Rob Willis, 19 August 2010. |
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Photograph of Bruno Moretti by Tony Naar, 2010. |
listen nowBruno Moretti interviewed by Nikki Henningham, 2 September 2010 |
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Photograph of Kevin Cunningham by Ian Jobling, 2011 |
listen nowKevin Cunningham interviewed by Ian Jobling, 8 June 2011 |
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Photograph of Chris O’Brien, 1960 |
listen nowChris O’Brien interviewed by Ian Jobling 9 June 2011 |
This project is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and the Australian Paralympic Committee.
This Second World War topographic map of Kokoda shows the location of villages, tracks, a canoe route, seaplane bases and mission stations. Map images from the Library’s Digital Collection are interactive. Use the Zoom control to pan and examine details.