Interview with Sister Elizabeth Nghia [sound recording] Interviewer: Helen Chryssides, Part 2 of 5

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SLSA catalogueCatalogue recordSLSA referenceOH 250/3

Interview details

CreatorNghia, Elizabeth, 1945-Additional creatorChryssides, HelenTitleInterview with Sister Elizabeth Nghia [sound recording] Interviewer: Helen Chryssides, Part 2 of 5Date (year)1994Date recorded17-Jan-94Description

Elizabeth Nghia Bui was born in North Vietnam. Her family fled to South Vietnam in 1954 and settled in Saigon. Elizabeth entered the order of the Lovers of the Holy Cross and trained first as a teacher and then as a social worker. In 1975 at the time of the fall of Saigon she was in charge of an orphanage which came under Communist control. Elizabeth escaped on board a fishing boat with 31 others in June 1976. After two weeks they were rescued and taken to Japan. From there Elizabeth decided to come to Australia. In the extract presented here she describes her flight from Vietnam.

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SubjectNghia, Elizabeth, 1945-Leak, JennyIndochinese Australian Women's Association (South Australia)Sisters of Mercy (S.A.)Vietnamese -- South AustraliaVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Women -- VietnamNuns -- South AustraliaRefugees -- South AustraliaImmigrants -- South AustraliaSocial workers -- South AustraliaSouth Australia -- Emigration and immigration

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