Bruno Krumins interviewed by Rob Linn for the Mortlock Library collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3533236
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Krumins, Bruno, 1924-
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission is required for research use, personal copies and public use for 10 years from the date of the interview.
- Description:
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- 2005
- 3 digital audio tapes (ca. 195 min.)
- Series:
- Mortlock Library collection.
- Summary:
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Bruno Krumins born 1924, in Cesis, Latvia talks about his parents and his early childhood; his education and attending teachers' college at Cesis; Russia invading Latvia in 1940 and his education being interrupted; how in 1943 the German army arrived and being caught up in their labour force; returning in 1944 to Latvia to try and find his parents; becoming ill and being taken to hospital in a German Baltic Port where he met other refugees; his employment with the Red Cross; later being able to commence teaching and meeting his future wife; transferring to work with United Nations Refugee Organisation; his marriage, birth of daughter and emigration to Australia under White Australia policy; working for the Australian Selection Commission, selecting applicants for interviews; arriving on the ship 'Anea Hellis' in Port Melbourne, Vic. and being sent to transit camp at Bonegilla, Vic.; learning English; how migrants were known as 'Arthur Caldwell's people'; arriving in Adelaide, SA and given work with the South Australian Railways.
Krumins speaks about his family transferring to SA and the circumstances; the purchase of their first house in November 1949; Australian culture in the 1950s; his activity in the Latvian community; his wife returning to study Dentistry; how he studied part-time, gaining a number of degrees in technology, education and management; why the Government policy of assimilation in the 1950s did not eventuate; the Good Neighbour Council; Ethnic Communities Council; going to the UK with his family in 1962; returning to Australia and his work at Simpson Pope; his wife returning to her own dental practice; his community, committee work and tasks in the Court system; his role as Chairman, Ethnic Affairs Commission (1981-1986) and how changes in the government affected the position; cultural affairs in Australia; his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of South Australia in 2000; reflections after 5 years in office; the strength of volunteer work in Australia.
- Notes:
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- Interview conducted in association with the National Library of Australia and J.D. Somerville Oral History Collection, Mortlock Library of South Australiana.
- Recorded on May 24, 2005 at Urrbrae, S. Aust.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 43 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Lieutenant governors
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- Until 2075 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2005
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