Pie and Maik, Samoans from Proctor Way, interviewed by Siobhan McHugh, 16 November 1998

MLOH 643/Item 11

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16 November 1998

Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories

977007

Sound Recording : CY MLOH 643/8

1 digital audio tape

Siobhan McHugh records a Samoan gathering at Proctor Way. The recording features Samoan songs as well as interviews with Pie and Maik Tuisila. Pie discusses Samoan culture; her Christian beliefs; the Samoan community in Claymore; the patrols that her husband, Maik, runs; the importance placed on family; crime in Claymore. Maik discusses Samoan and Australian cultures; assimilation; his job as an interpreter in court; his approaches towards ridding the area of violence.