Person
Gawler, Ian James (1950 - )
OAM
- Born
- 1950
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Veterinarian
Summary
Ian Gawler worked in private veterinary practices in Victoria, South Australia and Queensland 1972-1985. A former cancer patient himself, Gawler has written widely on self-help techniques for cancer patients and their families. He was appointed executive director of the Gawler Foundation (previously the Australian Cancer Patients' Foundation) in 1983.
Details
Chronology
- 1972 - 1985
- Career position - Veterinary private practice in Yarra Junction, Adelaide, Surfers Paradise, Geelong and Bacchus Marsh
- 1983 -
- Career position - Executive Director of the Gawler Foundation (formerly the Australian Cancer Patients' Foundation)
- 1987
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)
Archival resources
National Library of Australia Oral History Collection
- Interview with Ian Gawler, Director of Australian Cancer Patients' Foundation (sound recording), interviewer: Barbara Blackman, 28 May 1986 - 12 August 1986, TRC 2023; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Ian James Gawler', Uni News, 12 (1) (2003), 4. Details
Resources
- 'Gawler, Ian (1950-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-492955. Details
See also
- Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne (Melbourne: Department of History, University of Melbourne, 2003), 168 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 28 November 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007