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Interview with Dorothy Gee

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Date

6 October 2005 - 06 Oct 2005

By

Gee, Dorothy, 1921-2013

Reference

OHInt-0804-03

Description

Oral history interview with Dorothy Gee (nee Bing), born in 1921 in Patea. Talks about her family background. Details schooling in Auckland - mentions Parnell School. Discusses the fruit shop her mother opened in Parnell - decribes their house above the shop. Talks about her family's visit to China - mentions the voyage to Sydney on the 'Wanganella'. Describes her parents village in China - details the length of their stay. Talks about her schooling in China. Discusses their return to New Zealand - talks about settling in Blenheim. Details the family business they started there.

Recalls meeting her husband George - discusses their marriage in 1940, the birth of their children, and the shop they managed in Wellington. Talks about George's involvement in municipal affairs - refers to him becoming the first Chinese mayor in New Zealand. Details the various places she has visited around the world. Mentions her meetings with various Governors General, the Queen, Princess Ann, Princess Alexandra, and the Ambassadors of China and America. Talks about starting the Women's Guild at the Chinese Anglican Church - mentions running the Anglican Church bazaar. Mentions her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Talks about the growth in opportunities for Chinese women in New Zealand.

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Interviewer(s) - Kitty Chang

Accompanying material - 1 colour photograph, 9 x 11.5 cm, October 2005, and 1 black and white copy of a photograph, 1940; biographical information relating to Dorothy Gee.

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014736

Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 0.56 Hours and minutes Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5333.

1 colour photograph, 9 x 11.5 cm, of Dorothy Gee, October, 2005; 1 black and white copy of of a wedding photograph of Dorothy and George Gee, 1940.

Search dates: 1921 - 2005

Additional description

Alternative form available: Listening copy OHLC-008549

Use/Reproduction

Public use requires the written permission of the interviewee and may require the written permission of the copyright holder Copyright: Copyright is held by Kitty Chang

Access restrictions

Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Access requires written permission of the interviewee

Part of

Oral history of Chinese women in New Zealand

Format

1 C90 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 0.56 Hours and minutes Duration, Oral histories, Illustration: 1 colour photograph, 9 x 11.5 cm, of Dorothy Gee, October, 2005; 1 black and white copy of of a wedding photograph of Dorothy and George Gee, 1940.

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