Joyce Koch interviewed by Michael Wilson for the Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 568981
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Koch, Joyce, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1994 Sept. 30
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 180 min.)
- Series:
- Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project.
- Summary:
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Ms Koch talks of her early working life; joining the Department; accommodation in Canberra in the 1950s; posting to Jakarta; living conditions; lack of safety travelling in Indonesia; medical aid available; Dutch immigrants; recreation; Dezand Hotel; food; holidays; posting to Karachi; accommodation; meal allowances; staff relations; lack of air conditioning; meals; holidays in Kashmir; recreation in Karachi; trip through the Sindh Desert; Jim Plimsoll; posting to Tokyo; living conditions; workload; holidays in Japan; bungalow in Karasawar; posting to Ceylon; Charles Kevin; Bertie Ballard; political intrigue; relations with the Ceylonese people; food; Celylonese citizenship; consular work; riot over Belgian flag; posting to Saigon; conditions; housing; posting to New York; living conditions; work load; allowances; visitors; posting to Buenos Aires; isloation; workload; office accommodation; Argentine people; office hours; second posting to Jakarta; changes noticed; accommodation; office accommodation; workload; anti-Japanese demonstrations; Whitlam's visit; Embassy staffing; posting to Washington; travels with Justice Hope; Shaw's death; social secretary work involved; posting to Belgrade; living conditions; learning bridge; unhappiness of staff; Yugoslav living conditions; workload when working for the Secretary of the Dept.; CHOGM in Zambia; travelling with Fraser; posting to New York consulate; conditions; workload; America's Cup; changes to the Dept.; administrative officers; growth of the Dept.; health care; housing; treatment of keyboard staff; women in the Dept.; corporate ethos of the Dept.
- Biography/History:
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Ms Koch joined the Dept. of External Affairs in 1950 and worked in secretarial positions in Jakarta, Karachi, Tokyo, Ceylon, Saigon, Buenos Aires, New York, Washington and Belgrade.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 30 September 1994 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 78 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Michael Wilson, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Australian diplomacy 1950-1990 oral history project.
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1994
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