Chinese Australian Whispers
Chinese Australian Whispers
Podcast Description
This series explores what family historians can learn from oral histories and how these oral histories, stories whispered down from the past with all their imperfections, can help us make sense of our Chinese family history and who we are as Australians.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into themes of oral histories, family histories, and Chinese Australian identity, with episodes that discuss topics like market gardening, musical influence, and the impact of family businesses, featuring stories from family historians like Peter Liefman and Ting Wang.
This series explores what family historians can learn from oral histories and how these oral histories, stories whispered down from the past with all their imperfections, can help us make sense of our Chinese family history and who we are as Australians.
In this episode you have an opportunity to meet Nik. Nikolaus Yee is my nephew and has helped edit and bring this podcast series to fruition. Nik’s father was born in Myanmar to Chinese parents and he came to Australia in the early 1980s. In creating ‘Chinese Australian Whispers’ Nik and I listened to all the interviews and oral histories. We found we had a few things we wanted to say about them too!
Further reading:
- Oral History Australia and its state and territory branches supports those creating oral histories.
- Oral history recordings with Chinese Australian in Australian public collections, compiled 2023, hosted by CAFHOV
Featuring:
- Dr Sophie Couchman, Professional Historian and Curator
- Nikolaus Yee, Podcast Editor
- Terry Young, Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria
- Alex Woon (1916-2014) interviewed by Sophie Couchman for the Museum of Chinese Australian History in 2011.
- Marie Hammond, Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria
- Wally Kwan (1926-2020) interviewed by Sophie Couchman for the Museum of Chinese Australian History in 2011.
- Paula Herlihy, Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria
- Fay Anderson (1934-2014) interviewed by Sophie Couchman for the Museum of Chinese Australian History in 2011.
- Peter Liefman, Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria
- William Sang Fong (1928-2017) interviewed by Sophie Couchman for the Museum of Chinese Australian History in 2010.
- Music composed and performed for the podcast by Dr Wang Zheng-Ting.
- Final audio mastering by Nat Grant.
Full Transcript
Transcript in progress. Available soon.
This episode was created with in-kind support from the Museum of Chinese Australian History, the Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria, Dr Sophie Couchman and Nikolaus Yee.
This project gratefully acknowledges the Local History Grants Program and Public Record Office Victoria, supported by the Victorian Government through the Community Support Fund.
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