Lang Sakounthong interviewed by Bouavanh Houatchanthara for the Cultural context of unemployment oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2465857
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Sakounthong, Lang, 1960?-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Some restrictions on access.
- Description:
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- 1986 May 14
- 1 audiocassette (ca. 56 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Cultural context of unemployment oral history project.
- Summary:
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Sakounthong, a refugee from Laos, speaks of his family's backgrounds; previous occupation as a farmer; family; life before and after communist take-over; escaping to Thailand without wife then returning to get wife and son; coming to Australia; living arrangements; work experiences; moving to Queensland for work then back to Sydney after retrenchment; looking for work; life being unemployed in Australia; psychological problems; the dole; lifestyle; need for increase in dole; aspirations.
- Notes:
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- Interview conducted in Lao.
- 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 Lao (45 p.) with English summary.
- Subject:
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- Sakounthong, Lang, 1960?- -- Interviews
- Unemployment -- Social aspects -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- Unemployed -- New South Wales -- Case studies
- Refugees -- New South Wales -- Social conditions
- Lao (Tai people) -- Australia -- Biography
- Refugees -- Employment -- Australia
- Cambodia -- Social conditions
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This belongs to the Cultural context of unemployment oral history project.
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 1986
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