Chinese Australian Whispers

Chinese Australian Whispers

Dr Sophie Couchman

Episodes 7
Avg. Duration 31m
Activity Dormant
Since Feb 2025
Latest Episode Feb 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Hourly
Hosting
sophiecouchman.com

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About This Podcast

This series explores what family historians can learn from oral histories and how these oral histories, stories whispered down from the past with all their imperfections, can help us make sense of our Chinese family history and who we are as Australians.

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Recent Episodes

Ep 6: Sophie and Nik on Chinese Australian Whispers

Feb 11, 2025 40m

In this episode you have an opportunity to meet Nik. Nikolaus Yee is my nephew and has helped edit and bring this podcast series to fruition. Nik's father was born in Myanmar to Chinese parents and…

Ep 5: Ting and music

Feb 11, 2025 25m

Wang Zheng-Ting composed and performed the music for this podcast. In this episode Sophie Couchman talks with him about his research as an ethnomusicologist and how being Chinese Australian has…

Ep 4: Peter and William on bananas

Feb 11, 2025 25m

Bananas are, and were, big business but also dangerous. They were integral to the family fortunes of Peter and William. In this episode Sophie speaks with family historian Peter Liefman, whose…

Ep 3: Paula and Fay on Ballaarat

Feb 11, 2025 33m

Music, war and broken families both feature in Paula and Fay's family histories but the thing that connects them most of all is a town. Ballarat. In this episode Sophie speaks with family historian…

Ep 2: Marie and Wally on general stores

Feb 11, 2025 40m

Rural Australia, family businesses and rebellion connect Marie and Wally's families but there is much that is different about their families' experiences too. In this episode Sophie speaks with…

Ep 1: Terry and Alex on market gardens

Feb 11, 2025 25m

Market gardens, hawkers and the Queen Vic Market connect two Chinese Australian families in Coburg in Melbourne, Australia and Wonggaili, Xinhui, Guangdong (旺嘉里, 新会, 广东) in southern China. In this…

Chinese Australian Whispers

Feb 11, 2025 7m

‘Chinese Australian Whispers’ is about oral histories and researching your family. It explores how memories and stories pass through the generations and the gaps and distortions that are created over…

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Chinese Australian Whispers has published 7 episodes since February 2025, covering topics in History, Hobbies.

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Chinese Australian Whispers is currently dormant with new episodes hourly. Average episode length is 31m.

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