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Wednesday 8 May 2013

(18) Indo-China Short Stories



Loh, Morag, People and stories from Indo-China, Melbourne : Indo-China Refugee Association of Victoria, 1982.


It was written for the Indo-China Refugee Association of Victoria by Morag Loh who was Freelance oral historian, scholar, curator of photography and writer. In 1995 she won the Young Readers/Picture Book award from The Family Therapy Associations of Australia for Grandpa and Ah Gong.

It was the traditional folk tales from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam recorded by interview with Indo-Chinese immigrants to Australia. It was intend to teach the children of these immigrants something of their own cultures. There were five languages in this book. They are in English, Combodian, Chinese, Laotian and Vietnamese. It alos suitables for middle aged children.

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