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Record Id:9948944 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
Author:Choo, Wai Chee.
Title:Choo Wai Chee interviewed by Jan Adams and Margaret Neale in the Christmas Island life story oral history project [sound recording].
Published:1987.
Description:2 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 7 in.
Series:Christmas Island life story oral history project
Summary:Choo Wai Chee, a Christmas Islander of Chinese origin, speaks about his family background on Christmas Island; time spent in China as a child; his return to Christmas Island; living conditions for Chinese; schooling on Christmas Island, both English and Chinese; games; travelling to school by train; doing his apprenticeship in Perth; and working on Christmas Island until 1984.
Notes:Part of a collection related to the social history of Christmas Island.
Recorded in Perth, Western Australia on 10 January 1987.
DCM record ; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection ; nla.oh-2047-0011.
Published in: We were the Christmas Islanders : reminiscences andthe recollections of the people of an isolated island, the Australian Territory of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean / Margaret Neale assisted by Jan Adams. Chapman, A.C.T.: B. Neale, 1988
Part of:Christmas Island life story oral history project (AuCNL)3106696
Finding Aid:Transcript (typescript, 21 leaves)
Subjects:Choo, Wai Chee -- Interviews.
Chinese -- Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) -- Social conditions.
Chinese -- Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) -- Interviews.
Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) -- Social conditions.
Other Authors:Neale, Margo
Adams, Jan.
Access Conditions:Written permission from Margaret Neale, required for research and public use.
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Libraries that have this item:National Library of Australia. National Library of Australia (ANL) (1200586) ORAL TRC 2047/11 ; ORAL TRC 2047/11 (transcript)

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