• Title
  Item 1: Amelia Koh-Butler interview by Virginia Macleod
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  8 May 2021
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9663941
• Physical Description
  2 audio files (2 hr., 27 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  Amelia Koh-Butler discusses growing up in a mixed-race family in Sydney in the 1960s and the challenges experienced. She talks about her Chinese father's family background and her mother's Scottish ancestry. Koh-Butler talks about her studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music as a singer, her move to France, and travels through Europe to pursue her career as an opera singer.
  
  Koh-Butler discusses her return to Sydney and her turning point from opera singer to a clergywoman with the Uniting Church. She talks in detail of her ministry work, which combines her experience in music and interculturalism. Koh-Butler discusses her introduction to the Women's Club and how it benefited her, meeting accomplished women in her younger years. She also talks about the networking opportunities and the changing nature of the club.
• Language
  English
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at at Parramatta, New South Wales, on 8 May 2021
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Koh-Butler, Amelia, 1965-
  
• Subject
  Koh-Butler, Amelia--Interviews.
  Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--1965-
  Multiracial families.
  Church work--Australia.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20253887

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