Peter Williams interviewed by Keiko Tamura [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2493042
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Williams, Peter John, 1943-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2003 Jun. 25
- 4 sound files (ca. 212 min.)
- Summary:
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In this interview Peter Williams, a grazier, born 1943 at Southampton, Queensland, talks about the life of his father Harold Stannett Williams (Orientalist and historian) who lived and worked in Japan from 1919 until his death in 1987. He mentions his mother Gertrude (Jean) Williams, who shared her husband's interests and published a two-volume collection of their writings, 'West meets East: the foreign experience of Japan' (1992). Williams discusses his childhood experiences in Japan; growing up in a residential complex for foreigners in Kobe, Japan; the social life of foreigners in Japan in the immediate post-War period; cultural differences between Japan and Australia; the Australian ethnic identity.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on June 25, 2003 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Related Material:
- Harold S. Williams papers; located at; National Library of Australia Manuscript collection MS 6681.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (9 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 94 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Graziers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Tamura, Keiko, 1955-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2073 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2003
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