Phillip Carswell interviewed by Adam Carr

Carswell, Manager, AIDS STD Unit, Health Department, Victoria and former President, Victorian AIDS Council, speaks of his first awareness of AIDS as a disease; Victorian response to AIDS; Victorian Aids Action Committee (VAAC) & Victorian AIDS Council (VAC); government liaison; blood bank; support networks; early prevention education & medical advice; Fairfield Hospital; Queensland baby deaths; AIDS Task Force; NACAIDS; advisory position with Health Dept., Victoria; AIDS testing issue; Queensland AIDS Council funding; AFAO establishment; Gay Men's Community Health Centre; Grim Reaper campaign; prophylaxis; coping with AIDS deaths; AIDS Councils; mainstreaming of AIDS health services; ACT UP; dealing with different levels of government; Candlelight Vigil; Quilt Project; Australian response to AIDS; cross cultural education; Aboriginal AIDS issues. • 1993 June 6 • 6 tape reels (ca. 187 min.) ; 7 in.