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Trevor Reeve

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Interview with Trevor Reeve

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Trevor Reeve's memories of growing up in the village of Booral near Stroud and living in Sydney from the 1960s until his retirement back in Newcastle. The interviewer was John Witte

SummaryTrevor moved to Sydney from Booral in 1960 and in his interview he remembers Sydney's camp venues in Kings Cross and the City and the growth of camp owned and run venues such as the Purple Onion. Sydney's social groups had started up at that time and he went to their dances. He regularly came back to visit family in Newcastle and remembers changes over time in the local gay scene. In the 1980s, got involved in the fightback against the police raids on Club 80 and then joined the pioneering gay Fitness Exchange at the Sydney Gay Centre. In 1984, after friends were coming down with AIDS related illnesses he joined the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation.SubjectLBGTIQ historyClub 80Sydney Gay CentreFitness ExchangeBobby Goldsmith FoundationLGBTI communityAction campaignsBarsCampHIV/AIDSInterview log20210617_Reeve_Trevor_logCreatorReeve, TrevorWitte, JohnCollectionHunter Rainbow History Group Date Created2021-06-17Identifier20210617_Reeve_Trevor

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Childhood and school in Booral and Stround 411 secs
Living in Sydney in 1960. First job. Discover... 525 secs
Redleaf Pool and Kings Cross venues. 520 secs
Gay scene in the City, TaylorSquare and Bondi... 440 secs
House parties. 285 secs
Drag. Purple Onion, Garden of Eden, Birdcage ... 780 secs
Police raid by Darlinghurst Police. 375 secs
The Boomerangs and the Pollynesians. 225 secs
Family. 320 secs
Newcastle venues. 580 secs
The Fitness Exchange and the Sydney Gay Centre. 210 secs
The Club 80 Raids. Police. 345 secs
The Bobby Goldsmith Foundation. 585 secs
Joining the Navy. 330 secs
Returning to Newcastle. Family and retirement. 63 secs

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