Paw Gay Ler interviewed by Ann-Mari Jordens [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4189399
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Ler, Paw Gay, 1980-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 2 sound files (ca. 142 min.)
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Paw Gay Ler speaks about her early life in Burma; the Karen National Union (KNU); how her family was affected; economic effects of forced labour and military taxation; her mother; her sister; schooling in Sho Klo camp; Karen Christians; family moving to the Maela camp (1996); her life as a boarder at the Seventh Day Adventist Eden Valley Academy; fate of Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) supporters who returned to Burma; being forbidden to leave Maela camp; Seventh Day Adventist School moving into the Maela camp; working at Eden Valley Academy as primary teacher; ethnic groups in Maela camp; Karen Women's Organisation; medical services in Maela Camp; mosquito-born diseases; preventative measures; medical service providers; her hospitalisation; teaching in Camp (2000-2002); studying English grammar at Japanese-run school Maesot.
Ler talks about returning to camp to care for her mother; why wanting to come to Australia; what she knew about Australia; her Visa being granted; her feelings on leaving family; International Organisation for Migration (IOM) travel assistance; arriving in Canberra; Canberra Institute of Technology English classes; class structures, centerlink payments; casual work; assistance from Companion House and Centacare; career advice from the CIT; helping refugees in future; current contacts with her family in the Maela refugee camp; hoping to unite her family in Australia; continuing conflict in Burma; Thai army's failure to protect camp inmates (1997-98); her loss of hope for peace in Burma following return of DKBA supporters in 2000; what she finds strange about life in Australia; Centacare helping her adjust to new life in Canberra; how she sees her future.
- Biography/History:
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Paw Gay Ler was born 8 February 1980, Burma. Her family were Karen-speaking Anglicans. They fled Burma in November 1984 to the Sho Klo camp in Thailand, due to violent attacks on her family by Burmese government soldiers. The family moved to the United Nations-run Maela Refugee camp, where Pau Gai was selected to attend the Eden Valley Academy. On completing high school in 2000, she worked as a primary school teacher and in 2000 she was involved in the Karen Women's Organisation. In 2004 she applied for refugee status in Australia, granted a Humanitarian Visa, she arrived in Canberra on 16 November 2006 with her youngest sister.
- Notes:
- Recorded on July 29, 2007 at Red Hill, A.C.T.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 70 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Ler, Paw Gay, 1980- -- Interviews
- Refugees -- Thailand -- Interviews
- Refugees -- Burma -- Interviews
- Refugees -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra -- Interviews
- Refugees -- Services for -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra
- Refugees -- Rehabilitation -- Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra
- Occupation:
- Refugees
- Other authors/contributors:
- Jordens, Ann-Mari, 1940-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2077 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2007
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