My oral history for the State Library of Western Australia archives, July 2023
Photo copyright Les Allester 1992. Bridge Gallery Staff left to right: Carl Gopalkrishnan and Jenny Bride (gallery assistants), Paula Shewcuck (Photography Gallery Director) and Gary Tait owner and Director of Bridge Gallery. Located in William Street, Northbridge, Western Australia.
In 2022 I was invited to provide an oral history for the State Library of Western Australia’s (SLWA) LGBTIQ+ history project. We kept having to put it off, so it was really good to finally film that on 15th June 2023 this year. It has now been uploaded to the library catalogue. I was interviewed by (and really thank) Helena Cohen-Robertson of Know Your Nation inside the auditorium of the State Library and the final video and transcript can be accessed through the Library’s online catalogue along with other individuals also interviewed for their Community and Connections: LGBTQIA+ stories in Western Australia.
Persistent link to this record: https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb7126705
or this link goes to the online media: https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b7126705
Thank you Helena from Know Your Nation and Catherine from SLWA.
The video of the interview is now publicly available [Updated 23rd April 2024]
There are not a lot of photos of me back in the clubs of 1983, but here is a pen and ink drawing I did one night after a night out at The Clarendon Hotel. © copyright Carl Gopalkrishnan 2024