| Bib ID |
4361885 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
2007
1 sound file (ca. 21 min.)
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| Series |
Torres Strait songs project.
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| Summary |
Gaetano Lui Jr., born on Thursday Island and raised on Yam-Iawa Island speaks about his schooling; working on the railway; his political career; being founding Chairperson of Torres Strait Regional Authority (1994); negotiating the Torres Strait Treaty; speaking at the United Nations; currently being the priest for St John the Divine Parish Church of Torres Strait at Yam; his first recollection music and dance; traditional language; Torres Strait Creole; children's status in community; Mixie Lui; how dancers hand actions, explain meaning of songs; railway songs; when Islanders gather socially they sing; railway work on mainland bringing islanders together for first time, who were previously separated by sea; changes in the community use of music and dance; Maino Kelly.
Lui Jr. discusses how the community was close knit and everyone participated but now more difficult because of other activities; trying to encourage language use at St Johns Church but few elder speakers left; singing hymns in language; during negotiations for east coast fishing licensing, songs were used to establish connections to those areas e.g. such as Swain Reefs to the Great Barrier Reef; the Yam language program; the importance of the Torres Strait Regional Authority recording project; having language is important to understanding one's heritage; not having heritage to pass down; envying other islands where language was strong; taking along fluent language speakers to community meetings to explain; how young people should grasp opportunity to learn language.
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| Notes |
Recorded on September 11, 2007 on Yam-I Island, Qld.
Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (3 p.) |
| Subjects |
Lui, Gaetano - Interviews. | Priests - Torres Strait - Interviews. | Torres Strait Islanders - Interviews. | Torres Strait Islanders - Social life and customs. | Dance - Queensland - Torres Strait Islands. | Songs - Queensland - Torres Strait Islands.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Hankin, Aggie, 1968-, Interviewer
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| Related records |
Torres Strait songs project
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