Talai Mohr and Mafutaga Mohr interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2471506
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Mohr, Talai, 1963-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2003 May 16
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 43 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Talai Mohr and Mafutaga Mohr, members of the Samoan community of Griffith, New South Wales.
Talai Mohr, fitter & machinist & Mafutaga speak about their early family lives in Western Samoa; Christianity in Western Samoa; the preservation of Samoan family values in Australia; teaching Australian born children Samoan culture; Seventh Day Adventist Church & family values & attitudes; the family migrating to New Zealand & then onto Australia; the education system in Samoa, similarities to that of New Zealand's system; economic & social conditions in Samoa; family relocation to Griffith, N.S.W.; seasonal work in fruit growing areas of Griffith & surrounding areas; Mafutaga (Talai's wife) work as a nurse; the importance of music & singing in Samoan culture; Talai's role as an elder in the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Griffith; singing in nursing homes; children's attitude to learning Samoan culture; school involvement with ethnic groups in Griffith; family care in Samoan culture.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with John Harpley.
- Recorded on May 16, 2003 at Griffith, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (1 p.)
- Subject:
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- Mohr, Talai, 1963- -- Interviews
- Mohr, Mafutaga, 1962- -- Interviews
- Seventh-Day Adventist Church (Griffith, N.S.W.)
- Clergy -- New South Wales -- Griffith -- Interviews
- Samoans -- New South Wales -- Griffith -- Interviews
- Samoans -- New South Wales -- Griffith -- Social life & customs
- Immigrants -- New South Wales -- Griffith -- Interviews
- Samoa -- Social conditions -- 1965-
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 2003
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