Ngo H. interviewed by Cong Van Le for the interviewed by Cong Van Le [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2047613
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Ngo H., 1947-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Some restrictions on access.
- Description:
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- 1985 Aug. 23
- 4 audiocassettes (ca. 208 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Cultural context of unemployment oral history project.
- Summary:
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Ngo, a Vietnamese refugee and former Captain in the Army of Republic of Vietnam, speaks of his family background; childhood; his local village; education; moving to the city in 1959 to escape terrorist activities in his village; his parents and politics; events that occurred as he was growing up; studying at Vietnamese National Military Academy; active combat; communist takeover in 1975; communism in Vietnam; why the South failed; his family and wife; experiencies in re-education camps; treatment of relatives by communists; experiences escaping from Vietnam; life in refugee camps; coming to Australia; migrant hostel; settling; living arrangements; finances; the dole; looking for work; finding a job; work experiences; comparison between life in Australia and Vietnam; changes since coming to Australia; his lifestyle; relatives in Vietnam; his unemployment; the Vietnamese community; aspirations; opinions of Vietnam and changes since 1975; what Australian government could do to help unemployed; discrimination.
- Notes:
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- Transcript contains photographs of Ngo and family.
- Interview conducted in Vietnamese.
- Recorded by the Sydney Team - Indochinese Refugees of the Cultural Context of Unemployment Project, a CEP program administered by the National Library of Australia.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available in Vietnamese (79 p.) and English (65 p.)
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This belongs to the Cultural context of unemployment oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 1985
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