Marion Lau interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5716638
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Lau, Marion, 1943-, interviewee
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- Description:
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- 2011
- 2 sound files (ca. 159 min.)
- Series:
- Women and leadership in a century of Australian democracy oral history project.
- Summary:
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Marion Lau speaks about her career highlights; being the first woman elected to chair the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV) and first woman president of the Chinese Community Society of Victoria (CCSV); her Medal of the Order of Australia in 1996; volunteering; her understanding of the difficulties of older Australians of non-English speaking backgrounds; her childhood in Malaysia; studying nursing and her career as a nurse in the United Kingdom; moving to Australia in 1969; Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne; her role at the Avenue Hospital, Windsor; her marriage; her involvement with the CCSV; Chinese Health Foundation; being the chair of ECCV; the curriculum development committee at La Trobe University; her experience, as a woman, within community organisations; the Victorian Small Business Advisory Council; Small Business Mentoring Service; Chinese community; Racial Discrimination and Vilification Act; Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA); Victorian Women's Consultative Council; Victorian Immigrant and Refugee Women's Coalition (VIRWC); her understanding of what leadership entails; the impact of the opening of Crown Casino on the Chinese Community.
- Biography/History:
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Marion Lau (OAM) was the first woman to be elected as Chair of the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria - the Victorian Peak Body for Ethnic Specific Organisations, as well as the first woman President of the Chinese Community Society of Victoria. She was awarded an Order of Australia (1996) for her services to older Australians as well as the Chinese community. She received the Centenary Medal for her services to multiculturalism and for her work as Chair of the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria. She was inducted onto the Victorian Women's Honour Roll in 2011.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 9 August 2011 in Melbourne, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
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- Timed summary (13 p.)
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Henningham, Nicola, 1960-, interviewer
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