Williams, Cameron

 

Cameron Williams (1947-)

Cameron Williams grew up on Sydney's north shore and was educated in economic history at the University of Sydney. Cameron then worked in stockbroking and moved over to Sydney's east. Cameron recalls many of the iconic gay venues and beats in the eastern suburbs and northern beaches, where police bashings were a common occurrence. He also describes gay social circles, parties in the 1970s, and the later arts and galleries scene.

 

Oral history recordings

 

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WPride History GroupOscar Wilde, Pat Eldershaw, John Colebrook, David Marr, Sydney University, St Paul's College, Garry Wotherspoon, Double Bay, Chez Ivy, Rex hotel, Steam baths Bondi Junction, Purple Onion, Chevron, Carlton Arcade, Chameleons, Balgowlah, Shelley Beach, Manly, Narrabeen, Collaroy, Beats, Rushcutters Bay, Rose Bay, Bondi Rocks, Randwick, William Street, Police, Bashing, The Wall, Enzos, Capriccios, Midnight Shift, Ray Caldwell, Sylvia and the Synthetics, Andrew Sharpe, Doris Fish, Scarborough Hotel, Warren Fahey, Yolandas, Graeme George, Phillip Bell, Cora Harrington, Leslie Walford, Dick Keep, Max Ambrose, John West, Peter McCormack, Richard Coombe, Ivan Walker, Harry Mitchell, Nick Lyons, John OBrien, Bobby Samuels, Chandler Coventry, Tim Ridgeworth, Rex Irwin, Macquarie Galleries, Robin Gibson, Charles Lloyd Jones, Bruce Morgan, Gordan Stuart, Gordon Douglas, James Fairfax, Nick Lorschy, Rubies, Jools, Lex Watson, CAMP, St Johns Balmain, Mardi Gras, HIV/AIDS, Moratorium, Geoffrey Williams, Sergeant Ellis, San Fransisco, Edmund White, Richard D'Alpuget, Bobby Goldsmith, Simon Grace, Michael Dickenson, Rex Cramphorn, David Williams, Deborah Allard, Ray Seedy, Hugh Jamieson, Beatrix Williams