This collection contains interviews with Estonian diaspora community in Australia, including women. Most of them escaped from Estonia during the Second World War. There are similar interviews with members of the Estonian diaspora in the United States, Canada, Sweden and South-Africa.
Original source name : Austraalia eeslased: Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sidney
English translation : Estonians in Australia: Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sidney
Creator : N/A
Document- type 1 : audio
Document- type 2 : video
Reference number : ERM EAp 876 EA 270:1/10-356, recordings ERM Fn 291
Language(s) : Estonian
Geographical coverage : Australia
Time range : 20th-21stc.
Year(s) : 1945–
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Theme 2 : war and displacement
Link to the item in the catalogue : https://www.muis.ee/en_GB/museaalview/904435
Publication(s) : Terje Hallik, Kristi Kukk, Janet Laidla and Riina Reinvelt (eds.), Eestlaste põgenemine Läände Teise maailmasõja ajal. Artiklid ja elulood [The Estonian Flight to the West during the Second World War] (Tartu: 2009); Kaja Kumer-Haukanõmm, Teisest maailmasõjast tingitud Balti pagulaste problemaatika aastatel 1945–1952 Eesti pagulaste näitel [The Fate of Baltic Refugees and Displaced Persons in 1945–1952: the Example of Estonian Refugees and Displaced Persons] (Tartu: 2012). Both contain English summaries.
English translation : Estonians in Australia: Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sidney
Creator : N/A
Document- type 1 : audio
Document- type 2 : video
Reference number : ERM EAp 876 EA 270:1/10-356, recordings ERM Fn 291
Language(s) : Estonian
Geographical coverage : Australia
Time range : 20th-21stc.
Year(s) : 1945–
Theme 1 : experience of migration
Theme 2 : war and displacement
Link to the item in the catalogue : https://www.muis.ee/en_GB/museaalview/904435
Publication(s) : Terje Hallik, Kristi Kukk, Janet Laidla and Riina Reinvelt (eds.), Eestlaste põgenemine Läände Teise maailmasõja ajal. Artiklid ja elulood [The Estonian Flight to the West during the Second World War] (Tartu: 2009); Kaja Kumer-Haukanõmm, Teisest maailmasõjast tingitud Balti pagulaste problemaatika aastatel 1945–1952 Eesti pagulaste näitel [The Fate of Baltic Refugees and Displaced Persons in 1945–1952: the Example of Estonian Refugees and Displaced Persons] (Tartu: 2012). Both contain English summaries.
Archive name : Eesti Rahva Muuseum
Archive name (English) : Estonian National Museum
Archive address : Muuseumi tee 2, 60532 Tartu, Estonia
City : Tartu
Country : Estonia
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.erm.ee/en
Archive name (English) : Estonian National Museum
Archive address : Muuseumi tee 2, 60532 Tartu, Estonia
City : Tartu
Country : Estonia
Official website and institutional resources : https://www.erm.ee/en