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EPISODE · Jul 30, 2023 · 2 MIN

Why Unban Coolies?

from Unban Coolies · host Christopher Lau

It’s time to unban those amazing books and embrace the richness and beauty of our diverse literary universe. So join me on this journey, and together, let’s make a difference! Welcome to Unban Coolies!

It’s time to unban those amazing books and embrace the richness and beauty of our diverse literary universe. So join me on this journey, and together, let’s make a difference! Welcome to Unban Coolies!

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GSMC Classics: White Coolies GSMC Podcast Network White Coolies is an autobiographical record of the experiences of a group of Australian Army nursing sisters who became prisoners of the Japanese in WWII. A group of sixty-five Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya a few days before the fall of Singapore. Two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remaining thirty-two taken prisoner. White Coolies is the engrossing record kept by one of the sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the more than three gruelling years of imprisonment that followed. It is an amazing story of survival and deprivation and the harshest of conditions.GSMC Classics presents some of the greatest classic radio broadcasts, classic novels, dramas, comedies, mysteries, and theatrical presentations from a bygone era. The GSMC Classics collection is the embodiment of the best of the golden age of radio. Let Golden State Media Concepts take you on a ride GSMC Classics: White Coolies GSMC Drama Network White Coolies is an autobiographical record of the experiences of a group of Australian Army nursing sisters who became prisoners of the Japanese in WWII. A group of sixty-five Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya a few days before the fall of Singapore. Two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remaining thirty-two taken prisoner. White Coolies is the engrossing record kept by one of the sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the more than three gruelling years of imprisonment that followed. It is an amazing story of survival and deprivation and the harshest of conditions. GSMC Classics presents some of the greatest classic radio broadcasts, classic novels, dramas, comedies, mysteries, and theatrical presentations from a bygone era. The GSMC Classics collection is the embodiment of the best of the golden age of radio. Let Golden State Media Concepts take you on a ride

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It’s time to unban those amazing books and embrace the richness and beauty of our diverse literary universe. So join me on this journey, and together, let’s make a difference! Welcome to Unban Coolies!

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